HTML <link> tag

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HTML <link> tag

The <link> tag defines a relationship between an HTML document and an external resources (CSS stylesheets).

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"> </head> <body> <h1>This is a Heading.</h1> <p>This is a Paragraph.</p> </body> </html>
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Attributes

The following are the attributes of <link> tag. Also try Global attributes.

AttributeValueExplanation
as
  • document
  • font
  • image
  • script
  • style
  • ...(etc)
Specifies the type of content being loaded by the <link> element.
It works only with rel="preload".
crossorigin
  • anonymous
  • use-credentials
Specifies whether CORS must be used when fetching the resource.
hrefURLSpecifies the URL of the linked resource.
hreflanglanguage_codeSpecifies the language of the linked resource.
integrityvalueSpecifies the fetched resource has been delivered free of unexpected manipulation.
mediamedia_querySpecifies on what device the linked resource will be displayed.
referrerpolicy
  • no-referrer
  • no-referrer-when-downgrade
  • origin
  • origin-when-cross-origin
  • unsafe-url
Specifies whether or not to sent http referrer information.
rel
  • alternate
  • author
  • dns-prefetch
  • help
  • icon
  • license
  • next
  • pingback
  • preconnect
  • prefetch
  • preload
  • prerender
  • prev
  • search
  • stylesheet
Specifies the relationship between the current document and the linked document.
sizes
  • Height x Width
  • any
Specifies the size of the linked resource. Works only with rel="icon".
titletextSpecifies the name of the style which is shown in the browser's menubar.
typemedia_typeSpecifies the media type of the linked resource.

Deprecated Attributes

The following attributes should not be used in any case.

AttributeValueExplanation
charsetcharacter_encodingSpecifies the character encoding of the linked document.
revtextSpecifies the relationship between the linked document and the current document.
target
  • _blank
  • _self
  • _top
  • _parent
  • frame_type
Specifies where the linked document should be opened.

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