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Components of a Hyperlink
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| Hyperlinks are the foundation of the World Wide Web. Hyperlinks, sometimes called hypertext links, appear as highlighted areas on a web page that can be clicked on by a user to "jump" to a new document or resource.
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| Hyperlinks are not just for referencing other HTML documents. They can be used to create links to a variety of resources, including audio, video, email, files, and more. Likewise, hyperlinks do not have to appear as text -- they can be buttons, images, or regions of images.
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| There are three categories of hyperlinks:
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| There are three components of hyperlinks:
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| The htmlHyperLink class represents hyperlinks in html++. htmlHyperLink inherits from htmlGroup, so it has the ability to contain other html++ objects, such as images or text. To add a hyperlink object to a document, instantiate an htmlHyperLink object with the proper URL, then use the << insertion operator to add the display element (the text, image, or button).
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| Documents loaded from hyperlinks are usually displayed in the regular browser window. However, you can create hyperlinks that direct the browser to create a new window for a document display by specifying a target for the hyperlink.
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