Working with Images (and Links) - JavaScript by Example - page 419

A links object contains a URL, similar to the window's location object, and shares the
same properties. A full URL takes the following form:

<protocol>//<host>[:<port>]/<pathname>[<hash>][<search>]

There are nine events that can be triggered by a link: onClick, onDblClick, onKey-
Down, onKeyPress, onKeyUp, onMouseDown, onMouseUp, onMouseOver , and onMouse-
Out . (For details, see Chapter 13.)

Table 12.3 Properties of the W3C links Object

Property What It Describes

charset Sets or returns the character encoding of the target URL.

disabled Sets or returns whether or not the target URL should be disabled.

href The entire URL.

hreflang Sets or returns the base language of the target URL.

id Sets or returns the id of a <link> element.

media Sets or returns on what device the document will be displayed.

name The name of the <link> element.

rel Sets or returns the relationship between the current document and the

target URL.

rev Sets or returns the relationship between the target URL and the current

document.

Table 12.4 Properties of the JavaScript links Object

Property What It Describes

hash The anchor part of the URL (if any).

host The hostname port part of the URL.

hostname The hostname part of the URL.

href The entire URL.

pathname The pathname part of the URL.

port The port part of the URL.

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