HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
target
The value of the
target
attribute defines the frame or window name that has the
defined linking relationship or that will show the rendering of any linked resource.
type
This attribute is used to define the type of the content linked to. The value of the
attribute should be a MIME type, such as
text/html
,
text/css
, and so on. The common
use of this attribute is to define the type of style sheet linked, and the most common current
value is
text/css
, which indicates a CSS format.
Examples
<link href="products.html" rel="parent">
<link href="corpstyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">
<!-- XHTML syntax -->
<link href="corpstyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" />
<link href="nextpagetoload.html" rel="next>
<!-- HTML5 icon examples -->
<link rel=icon" href="icon.png" sizes="16x16">
<link rel=icon" href="icon2.png" sizes="16x16 32x32">
<link rel=icon" href="icon3.svg" sizes="any">
Compatibility
HTML 2, 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5
XHTML 1.0, 1.1, Basic
Firefox 1+, Internet Explorer 3+,
Netscape 4+, Opera 4+, Safari 1+
Notes
• As an empty element under XHTML, or when using XML-style syntax for HTML5,
a trailing slash is required for this element:
<link />
.
• A
<link>
tag can occur only in the
head
element; however, there can be multiple
occurrences of
<link>
.
• HTML 3.2 defines only the
href
,
rel
,
rev
, and
title
attributes for the
link
element.
• HTML 2 defines the
href
,
methods
,
rel
,
rev
,
title
, and
urn
attributes for the
link
element. The
methods
and
urn
attributes were later removed from the
specifications.
<listing> (Code Listing)
This deprecated element from HTML 2 is used to indicate a code listing; it is no longer part
of the HTML standard. Text tends to be rendered in a smaller size within this element. A
<pre>
tag should be used instead of this element.
Standard Syntax (HTML 2 Only; Deprecated)
<listing>
</listing>
