HTML DOM Location href Property



The HTML DOM Location href property returns/sets the string corresponding to the URL path.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

  • Returning value of the href property
location.href
  • Value of the href property set
location.href = href

Example

Let us see an example for Location href property −

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Location href</title> <style>    form {       width:70%;       margin: 0 auto;       text-align: center;    }    * {       padding: 2px;       margin:5px;    }    input[type="button"] {       border-radius: 10px;    } </style> </head> <body> <form> <fieldset> <legend>Location-href</legend> <label for="urlSelect">Current URL:</label> <input type="url" size="30" id="urlSelect" value="https://www.example.com/aboutUs"> <input type="button" onclick="gethref()" value="Get href"> <div id="divDisplay"></div> </fieldset> </form> <script>    var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");    var urlSelect = document.getElementById("urlSelect");    function gethref(){       divDisplay.textContent = 'URL Path: '+location.href;    } </script> </body> </html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Before clicking ‘Get href’ button −

After clicking ‘Get href’ button −

Updated on: 2019-07-30T22:30:26+05:30

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