Editing HTML element (section)

====Anchor====
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{{defn|1= <p>An anchor element is called an anchor because web designers can use it to "anchor" a URL to some text on a web page. When users view the web page in a browser, they can click the text to activate the link and visit the page whose URL is in the link.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Tittel |first1= Ed |last2= Burmeister |first2= Mary C. |date= 2005 |title= HTML 4 for dummies |edition= 5th |publisher= Wiley |location= Hoboken, New Jersey |isbn= 978-0-7645-8917-1 |page= 96 |url= https://archive.org/details/html4fordummies00titt_2/page/96/ |url-access= registration |access-date= 7 August 2022}}</ref></p>

<p>In HTML, an "anchor" can be either the {{em|origin}} (the [[anchor text]]) or the {{em|target}} (destination) end of a [[hyperlink]]. As an origin, setting the attribute <code>href</code>,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/Provider/ServerWriter.html|title=ServerWriter -- /Provider|website=W3C}}</ref> creates a hyperlink; it can point to either another part of the document or another resource (e.g. a webpage) using an external [[Uniform Resource Locator|URL]]. As a target, setting the <code>name</code> or <code>id</code> [[HTML attributes]], allows the element to be linked from a [[Uniform Resource Locator]] (URL) via a [[fragment identifier]]. The two forms, origin and anchor, can be used concurrently.</p>

In HTML5, any element can now be made into a target by using the <code>id</code> attribute,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/tr/html5/index.html#attributes-1|title=HTML 5.2|website=W3C}}</ref> so using {{code|lang=html|code=<a name="foo">...</a>}} is not necessary, although this way of adding anchors continues to work.</p>

<p>To illustrate: the header of a table of contents section on <samp>example.com</samp>'s homepage could be turned into a target by writing: {{code|lang=html|code=<h2><a name="contents">Table of contents</a></h2>}}.</p>

<p>Continuing with this example, now that the section has been marked up as a target, it can be referred to from external sites with a link like: {{code|lang=html|code=<a href="http://example.com#contents">see contents</a>}};</p>

<p>or with a link on the same page like: {{code|lang=html|code=<a href="#contents">contents, above</a>}}.</p>

<p>The attribute <code>title</code> may be set to give brief information about the link: {{code|lang=html|code=<a href="URL" title="additional information">link text</a>}}.</p>

<p>In most graphical browsers, when the cursor hovers over a link, the cursor changes into a hand with an extended index finger and the <code>title</code> value is displayed in a [[tooltip]] or in some other manner. Some browsers render [[Alt attribute|alt text]] the same way, although this is not what the specification calls for.</p>
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{{defn|<code>A</code> existed in ''[[#HTMLTAGS|HTML Tags]]'', and was '''standardized''' in [[#HTML20|HTML 2.0]];}}
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