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Anchor
Tag
Anchor tag represents with <a>. It opens with <a> and closes
with</a>. Generally, we can create hyperlink with this tag by using
HREF attribute for external pages or files. With in a document we can
use NAME tag.
for example: <a href="http://www.xyz.com/">Click Here
to visit xyz Site</a>
Few attributes that Anchor tag supports:
| Attribute Name | Description |
| ACCESSKEY | It assigns a key sequence to the element. Ex:- <a href="link.htm" ACCESSKEY="L">Link To Us</a> |
| CHARSET | It specifies character encoding of the data designated
by the link. Default value for this attribute for all westren languages
is "ISO-8859-1". See RFC2045 for more details. Ex:-<a href="link.htm" CHARSET="ISO-8859-1">Click Here</a> |
| COORDS | It indicates the co-ordinates that define a clickable
area. Ex:- <a SHAPE="RECT" COORS="10,5,30,25" href="help.htm">Help</a> |
| HREF | It specifies both relative and absolute locatio of
a specified file. <a href="help.htm">Help</a> |
| ID | It assigns a Unique ID selector to an instance of the
anchor tag. Ex:- <a href="help.htm" ID="1">Help</a> |
| NAME | It marks a location within a current document with a
name. Ex:- <a href="#gobottom">Show Content</a> <p> --- write some text here --- </p> <a NAME="gobottom">View Top</a> |
| CLASS | We can apply styles class using CLASS attribute <a href="help.htm" CLASS="ShowDECORATION">Help</a> |
| SHAPE | It indicates the type of clickable shape. This attribute
supports three types, they are RECT, CIRCLE, POLY. <a SHAPE="RECT" COORS="10,5,30,25" href="help.htm">Help</a> |
| STYLE | We can set style sheet attributes to the content using
STYLE attribute. Ex:- <a href="help.htm" STYLE="background: green">Help</a> |
| Other attribute that Anchor tag supports are REL, REV, TABINDEX, TARGET and TITLE. REL & REV specifies the relationship hyperlinks and reverse relationship hyperlinks. TARGET specifies the name of the frame into which the linked document has to be loaded. | |
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How to insert
Sound in a HTML document
To embed a background sound file in a document, use BGSOUND tag.
Syntax:-<BGSOUND SRC="URL">
Ex:-<BGSOUND SRC="test.wav">
| Attribute | Description |
| SRC | It indicates relative and absolute location of the
sound file Ex:- <BGSOUND SRC="test.wav"> |
| LOOP | It specifies how many times that the sound file to be
repeated Ex:- <BGSOUND SRC="test.wav" LOOP="5"> So, it repeats 5 times. |
| Along above attributes, BGSOUND also supports BIG, ID, STYLE, TITLE attributes | |
How to insert
EMBED object in a document
Embed objects are generally nothing but, MIDI and Digital Vedio files.
To insert such files, we can use EMBED tag. But, this is not that much
preferable than OBJECT tag. Still, it have usage. Let us see few attributes.
| Attribute | Description |
| ALIGN | It aligns the Embed object to the LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER,
ABSMIDDLE, BASELINE, ABSBOTTOM, BOTTOM, TOP and TEXTTOP Ex:- <EMBED SRC="test.midi" ALIGN="RIGHT"> |
| HEIGHT & WIDTH | It specifies both height and width of the specifed object. Ex:- <EMBED SRC="test.midi" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100"> |
| NAME | It gives the object a name by which other objects can
refer to it. Ex:- <EMBED SRC="test.midi" NAME="MOVIECLIP"> |
| SRC | It indicates the absolute and relative path of the
file containing the object you want to embed. Ex:- <EMBED SRC="test.midi"> |
| Other attributes are ACCESSKEY, HIDDEN, OPTIONAL PARAM, PALETTE, TITLE & UNITS. | |
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