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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications Test: Creating an HTML Element

Posted by prartik upd
prartik upd
Courses Plus Student 337 Points

Set the anchor tag so that it points to the top of the page.

how to set an href tag

index.html 
<!doctype>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>My trip to Spain</title>
  </head>
  <body>

    <img  src="images/spain.jpg" alt="A picture of me in Spain">
    <p>Here is a picture of me in Spain last summer!</p>
    <a>(href=#top)Go back to the top of the page.</a>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

K Cleveland
K Cleveland
21,839 Points
K Cleveland
K Cleveland
21,839 Points 
<a>(href=#top)Go back to the top of the page.</a>

Double check the syntax for this. How do you use attributes? Look at your other elements, too:

<img  src="images/spain.jpg" alt="A picture of me in Spain">
<a>(href=#top)Go back to the top of the page.</a>

What's different? Hope this helps and good luck! :)

Dan Weru
Dan Weru
47,649 Points
Dan Weru
Dan Weru
47,649 Points

The href should link to an element with an id. Your code should be as follows:

<!doctype>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>My trip to Spain</title>
  </head>
  <body id = “top”>

    <img  src="images/spain.jpg" alt="A picture of me in Spain">
    <p>Here is a picture of me in Spain last summer!</p>
    <a href=“#top”>Go back to the top of the page.</a>

  </body>
</html>

The value of the id attribute of the element in the section you want to link to must match with the value of the href attribute of the anchor tag.

Dan Weru
Dan Weru
47,649 Points
Dan Weru
Dan Weru
47,649 Points

The id attribute doesn’t have to be on the body tag, it could be as well on a div tag or section tag, or any other element (preferably block level element). Just place the element with the id where you want to link to. For more info, check this stackoverflow question or link