HTMLLinkElement

The HTMLLinkElement interface represents reference information for external resources and the relationship of those resources to a document and vice-versa. This object inherits all of the properties and methods of the HTMLElement interface.

Properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement, and LinkStyle.

HTMLLinkElement.charset

Is a DOMString representing the character encoding for the target resource.

HTMLLinkElement.crossOrigin

Is a DOMString that corresponds to the CORS setting for this link element. See CORS settings attributes for details.

HTMLLinkElement.disabled

Is a Boolean which represents whether the link is disabled; currently only used with style sheet links.

HTMLLinkElement.href

Is a DOMString representing the URI for the target resource.

HTMLLinkElement.hreflang

Is a DOMString representing the language code for the linked resource.

HTMLLinkElement.media

Is a DOMString representing a list of one or more media formats to which the resource applies.

HTMLLinkElement.referrerPolicy

Is a DOMString that reflects the referrerpolicy HTML attribute indicating which referrer to use.

HTMLLinkElement.rel

Is a DOMString representing the forward relationship of the linked resource from the document to the resource.

HTMLLinkElement.relList Read only

Is a DOMTokenList that reflects the rel HTML attribute, as a list of tokens.

HTMLLinkElement.rev

Is a DOMString representing the reverse relationship of the linked resource from the resource to the document.

HTMLLinkElement.sizes Read only

Is a DOMSettableTokenList that reflects the sizes HTML attribute, as a list of tokens.

LinkStyle.sheet Read only

Returns the StyleSheet object associated with the given element, or null if there is none.

HTMLLinkElement.target

Is a DOMString representing the name of the target frame to which the resource applies.

HTMLLinkElement.type

Is a DOMString representing the MIME type of the linked resource.

Methods

No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement, and LinkStyle.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLLinkElement' in that specification.	Living Standard	The following property has been added: crossOrigin, referrerPolicy
HTML5.1 The definition of 'HTMLLinkElement' in that specification.	Recommendation
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLLinkElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	The following properties are now obsolete: charset, rev, and shape. The following properties have been added: relList, and sizes.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification The definition of 'HTMLLinkElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Added a second inheritence, the LinkStyle interface.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification The definition of 'HTMLLinkElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

See also

• The HTML element implementing this interface: <link>.