Link Has Href

Rule Details

An <a> element that has an href attribute represents a hyperlink (a hypertext anchor) labeled by its contents. Links, <a> elements, should go somewhere, you probably want to use a <button> instead.

Resources

• <a>: The Anchor element
• Primer: Links
• HTML Spec: The a element

Examples

Incorrect code for this rule 👎

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<a>Go to GitHub</a>

Correct code for this rule 👍

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<a href='https://github.com/'>Go to GitHub</a>