--- title: Links --- ## Links ### General Links Links are used everywhere on the web, with the purpose of directing users to various content items. They're usually indicated by your cursor turning into a hand icon. Links can be text, images, or other elements contained within your HTML or webpage. You use an anchor element/tag `` to define your link, which also needs a destination address(url) that you'll access with the `href` attribute. ```html Link Text ``` The target attribute can be used to tell the browser where to open the link. If you'd like your link to open in a new tab, you can use the `target` attribute along with the `_blank` value inside your opening `` tag. Here's a snippet that makes the phrase 'The freeCodeCamp Guide' a link: ```html The freeCodeCamp Guide ``` The link ends up looking like this: [The freeCodeCamp Guide](https://guide.freecodecamp.org) ### `target` Attribute **Opening a page in a new tab** If you'd like your link to open in a new tab, you'll use the `target` attribute along with the `_blank` value inside your opening `` tag: ```html Link Text ``` Another example, using the official freeCodeCamp Guide as the `href=""` destination, and "The freeCodeCamp Guide" as the link text: ```html The freeCodeCamp Guide ``` Other values of the target attribute include: - `_self` to open the linked document in the same frame - `_parent` to open it in the parent frame - `_top` opens the linked document in the full body of the window - `_targetframe` opens the linked document in a named targetframe ### Links on the Same Page When you need to guide users to a specific part of your webpage, let's assume the very bottom, you first need to create an html element with an `#id` that you want direct your user to - in this case the `