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HTML HTML Basics Going Further with HTML Linking to Sections of a Web Page

Posted by E R
E R
1,220 Points

why the # sign when linking

why do we make the # when we try to link to a page or a section or a article or anything.?

2 Answers

Ben Reynolds
Ben Reynolds
35,170 Points
Ben Reynolds
Ben Reynolds
35,170 Points

You can combine them as well. If you want to link to another page and have them automatically land on a specific part of that page it would look like this:

<a href="/some-page.html#page-section">Link Text</a>
Ben Reynolds
Ben Reynolds
35,170 Points
Ben Reynolds
Ben Reynolds
35,170 Points

You don't need it for a regular link that just navigates to another page. For that you just need the document path, or the full URL if you're linking to a page on another site.

The # symbol is used if you want the browser to jump to a specific part of the page. The id of the element you want to jump to goes right after the "#" just like you would write it in a css selector.