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<link> Tag in HTML

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Overview

HTML tags are like keywords define that how web browsers will format and display the content. The link tag is also an HTML tag that is used to embedded external resources to the HTML document using the link.

For example external style sheets, CSS files etc.

Syntax

Let's understand the syntax of the link tag in the HTML.

Attributes

The link tag supports multiple attributes. Let's understand them one by one.

AttributeDescription
charsetThe charset is used to define the encoding of liked document
hrefThe href takes the URL of the specific document that needs to be embedded in the HTML document
mediaThe media is used to specify the particular media that will be displayed on the HTML document.
relThis attribute is used to define the relationship between the current document and the linked document
targetTarget is used to specify the window of the linked document

How To Use < link > tag In HTML?

Let's suppose if we want to link the external css in the HTML document for styling the various section of the HTML document, we will use the link tag.

The <link> tag is used in the <head> tag of the HTML document that is used to represent the header of the HTML document. Let's understand how to use the <link> tag in the HTML document using an example.

Example

Use The <link> Tag And Declare The rel Attribute and type Attribute Inside Of The Tag In HTML

In the below example the html document linked to the external css file i.e style.css using the <link> tag in the <head> tag of the html.

Output

example of the link tag

Including A Stylesheet

Let's understand how to include the stylesheet in the <link> tag of the HTML using an example.

In the below example the HTML document linked to the external css stylesheet i.e style.css using the <link> tag in the <head> tag of the html.

Output :

Including a stylesheet

Providing Alternative Stylesheets

We usually use One stylesheet for our HTML code to add a different kind of CSS style, but the HTML document doesn't need to have a single style HTML document there can be different style documents on the basis of the user choice.

Let's understand this using an example.

In the below example, we can see the style of the document can change according to the user choice, Whether the user can choose the No Style, Default Style, or Simple style.

To perform this task we will use the rel=" alternative sheet" to perform this task.

Providing alternative stylesheets

The chrome browser doesn't support this feature, we have to add a third-party extension in order to perform this operation.

Conditionally Loading Resources With Media Queries

The media queries is used to change the orientation of the screen size and the resolution of the media that is linked to the HTML document by the <link> tag.

Let's suppose if you want to change the width of the media that is linked to an HTML document to a particular pixel say 500px, you can change using the media queries.

In this way, we can use the media queries to change the orientation of the media.

Browser Support

  • Google Chrome 93.0 & above.
  • Internet Explorer 11.0
  • Microsoft Edge 93.0
  • Firefox 92.0 & above
  • Safari 14.1
  • Opera 79.0

Conclusion

  • The <link> tag is used to link the external files to the html document.
  • We can link multiple files using the link tag.
  • Multiple CSS files can be rendered in the DOM.