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Posted by Andrew Denson
Andrew Denson
4,544 Points

Using the <a> element

Ok so here is my question. I am learning about the <a> element. In this video you can use a <a href="#top"> to move to the top off your page. I am also reading HTML&CSS by John Dockets. In the chapter about the <a> element he talks about using the code the same way but the reason why it moves to the top of the page is because he has <h1 id="top">. I understand why this works but in the code that the video is showing there is no id element in the top part of the code. Has this been phased out in HTML 5 where a id element is not needed. If anybody can shine some light on this it would help.

Thanks Andrew

3 Answers

Daniel Čupak
Daniel Čupak
6,602 Points
Daniel Čupak
Daniel Čupak
6,602 Points

the "#" symbol stands for an id as you said. Can you tell me what video you are referring to?

Damian Dadswell
Damian Dadswell
7,278 Points
Damian Dadswell
Damian Dadswell
7,278 Points

I think by default if the anchor link does not match an active ID on the page it will simply jump to the top of the page.

Andrew Denson
Andrew Denson
4,544 Points
Andrew Denson
Andrew Denson
4,544 Points

Thanks guys for all the help. The book I am reading jumps ahead, of the track I am on in Treehouse.