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HTML DOM Anchor rel Property

Last Updated : 02 Jan, 2024
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The Anchor rel Property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the value of the rel attribute of a link. The rel attribute is used to specify the relation between the current document and the linked document.

Syntax:

  • It returns the Anchor rel property. 
anchorObject.rel
  • It is used to set the Anchor rel property. 
anchorObject.rel = "value"

Property Values:

Value

Description

alternate

It defines an alternate version of the document i.e. print page, translated or mirror.

author

It defines the author of the document.

bookmark

It specify a related document.

help

It specifies a help document.

license

It defines a copyright information for the document.

next

It defines the next document in a selection.

nofollow

It is used by Google, to specify that the Google search spider should not follow that link and mostly used for paid links.

noreferrer

It is used to Specify that the browser should not send a HTTP referrer header if the user follows the hyperlink.

prefetch

It specifies that the target document should be cached.

prev

It specify the previous document in a selection.

search

It specify the search tool for the document.

tag

It specifies a tag keyword for the current document.

Return Value: It returns a string value which represents the relation between the current document and the linked document.

Example 1: This example returns the Anchor rel Property. 

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM Anchor rel Property
    </title>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align: center;">
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
 
    <h2>DOM Anchor rel Property</h2>
 
    <p>Welcome to
        <a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org"
            id="GFG" rel="nofollow"
            target="_self">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </a>
    </p>
 
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
        Submit
    </button>
 
    <p id="sudo"></p>
 
    <!-- Script to return Anchor rel Property -->
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            let x = document.getElementById("GFG").rel;
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = x;
        }
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>


Output: 

anchor-rel

Example 2: This example sets the Anchor rel Property. 

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM Anchor rel Property
    </title>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align: center;">
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
 
    <h2>DOM Anchor rel Property</h2>
 
    <p>Welcome to
        <a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org"
            id="GFG" rel="nofollow"
            target="_self">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </a>
    </p>
 
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
        Submit
    </button>
 
    <p id="sudo"></p>
 
    <!-- Script to set Anchor rel Property -->
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            let x = document.getElementById("GFG").rel
                = "noopener";
 
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML
                = "The value of rel attribute "
                + "is changed to " + x;
        }
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>


Output:

anchor-rel-2

Supported Browsers:

  • Google Chrome
  • Internet Explorer
  • Firefox
  • Opera
  • Safari


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