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HTML DOM links Collection

Document Object Reference

Complete Document Object Reference

Definition and Usage

The links collection returns a reference to all Area and Link objects in the document.

Syntax

document.links[]

Example

<html>
<body>

<img src="planets.gif" 
width="145" height="126" 
usemap="#planetmap" />

<map name="planetmap">
<area id="venus" shape="circle" 
coords="124,58,8" 
alt="Venus"
href="venus.htm" />
</map>
<br />

Number of links in this document:
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write(document.links.length)
</script>

</body>
</html>

Try-It-Yourself Demos

Return the number of links in a document

Return the id of the first link (area) in a document

Document Object Reference

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