Jan 31, 2011 · It's a link that links to nowhere essentially (it just adds "#" onto the URL). It's used for a number of different reasons. For instance, if you're using some sort of JavaScript/jQuery and don't …

Nov 24, 2013 · 1 Its stand for Hypertext Reference . The href attribute specifies the URL of the page the link goes to. If the href attribute is not present, the tag is not a hyperlink.

Aug 27, 2010 · I understand what the "href" attribute in the anchor tag (<a />) is for, but what does the "h" stand for?

Nov 19, 2025 · An <a> element is invalid HTML unless it has either an href or name attribute. If you want it to render correctly as a link (ie underlined, hand pointer, etc), then it will only do so if it has a href …

Jul 20, 2012 · 0 The href attribute defines the URL of the resource of a link. If the anchor tag does not have href tag then it will not become hyperlink. The href attribute have the following values:

Jun 5, 2013 · href = uri This attribute specifies the location of a Web resource, thus defining a link between the current element (the source anchor) and the destination anchor defined by this attribute.

Jun 5, 2016 · Learn about the use of href attribute in HTML and its significance in defining links between source and destination anchors.

You could try an "onclick" event inside the LI tag, and change the "location.href" as in javascript. You could also try placing the li tags within the a tags, however this is probably not valid HTML.

That is, calling the href tag from the javascript after manipulating the href link.

Dec 28, 2016 · The OP's question seems to be about how to add an href to an existing a tag (I basically want to add a href attribute to <a></a> dynamically). However, this answer seems to be explaining …