HTMLLinkElement: rel property

{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}

The rel property of the {{domxref("HTMLLinkElement")}} interface reflects the rel attribute. It is a string containing a space-separated list of link types indicating the relationship between the resource represented by the {{HTMLElement("link")}} element and the current document.

The most common use of this attribute is to specify a link to an external style sheet: the property is set to stylesheet, and the href attribute is set to the URL of an external style sheet to format the page.

Value

A string.

Examples

const links = document.getElementsByTagName("link");
for (const link of links) {
  console.log(link);
}

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• The equivalent property on {{HTMLElement("a")}} and {{HTMLElement("area")}}, {{domxref("HTMLAnchorElement.rel")}} and {{domxref("HTMLAreaElement.rel")}}.
• The very same list but as tokens: {{domxref("HTMLLinkElement.relList")}}