<a>

defines an anchor/hyperlink that links to another heading/page, it's most important attribute is the href attribute that indicates the links destination.

To have a "table of contents" that links to headings in your page follow these steps (in html mode)

For your destination headings, add this bit to the heading (right after the first heading call out (i.e. h2) add in a unique id (can be the same name as the heading itself for simplicity but must be unique.

<h2 id="UniqueIdentifier">Header title</h2>

Then make your table of contents at the top of the page.

<a href="#UniqueIdentifier">Put the text you want to appear in the table of contents here</a>

The ID you add here must have a hash symbol before it.

Attribute	Value	Description
download	filename	Specifies that the target will be downloaded when a user clicks on the hyperlink
href	URL	Specifies the URL of the page the link goes to
hreflang	language_code	Specifies the language of the linked document
media	media_query	Specifies what media/device the linked document is optimized for
ping	list_of_URLs	Specifies a space-separated list of URLs to which, when the link is followed, post requests with the body ping will be sent by the browser (in the background). Typically used for tracking.
referrerpolicy	no-referrer no-referrer-when-downgrade origin origin-when-cross-origin unsafe-url	Specifies which referrer to send
rel	alternate author bookmark external help license next nofollow noreferrer noopener prev search tag	Specifies the relationship between the current document and the linked document
target	_blank _parent _self _top	Specifies where to open the linked document
type	media_type	Specifies the media type of the linked document

**<a href="URL">**

The href attribute specifies the URL of the page the link goes to.

Tip: You can use href="#top" or href="#" to link to the top of the current page!

If the href attribute is not present, the <a> tag is not a hyperlink.

Possible values:

An absolute URL - points to another web site (like href="http://www.example.com/default.htm")
A relative URL - points to a file within a web site (like href="default.htm")
Link to an element with a specified id within the page (like href="#section2")
Other protocols (like https://, ftp://, mailto:, file:, etc..)
A script (like href="javascript:alert('Hello');")

Examples:

Use an image as a link

Link to an email

<a href="mailto:someone@example.com">Send email</a>

Link to a section on the same page

<a href="#section2">Go to Section 2</a>

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