HTMLAreaElement: href property

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The HTMLAreaElement.href property is a {{Glossary("stringifier")}} that returns a string containing the whole URL, and allows the href to be updated.

Value

A string.

Examples

// An <area id="myArea" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/HTMLAreaElement"> element is in the document
const area = document.getElementById("myArea");
area.href; // returns 'https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/HTMLAreaElement'

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• The {{domxref("HTMLAreaElement")}} interface it belongs to.