Anchors Example JavaScript (JS): HTML DOM Object Collections – Anchors Example JavaScript (JS)

Anchors Example JavaScript (JS): HTML DOM Object Collections – Anchors Example JavaScript (JS)

Purpose: – Illustrates the for the .

View Other HTML DOM Document Objects

Prerequistes:

Syntax: anchors[index] – Allows you to access all of the Anchor objects in a document – index specifies the anchor

Restrictions: None

Notes:

  • You can build your own library of syntax examples by using same web site over and over and just add new files to it.

Instructions:

  1. Use Visual Web Developer 2008
  2. Create new web site;
    • Click File/New Web Site
    • Select ASP.NET Website Template
    • Select C-Sharp for Language
    • name of Web Site could be JavaScript_Syntax.
  3. Add New folder named “HTMLDOMObjects”
    • Right-click project name in solution explorer;
    • add new folder;
    • name of folder should be: HTMLDOMObjects
  4. Add New subfolder to “HTMLDOMObjects” folder named “DOMObjectCollections”
    • Right-click folder named “HTMLDOMObjects” in solution explorer;
    • add new folder;
    • name of folder should be: DOMObjectCollections
  5. Add HTML Page Named Anchors to DOMObjectCollections subfolder
    • Right-click DOMObjectCollections subfolder;
    • add new item;
    • Select HTML Page
    • HTML Page name should be Anchors
  6. Click on copy code in code below to copy code into HTML Page Anchors.htm
  7. Right-click on HTML page Anchors.htm and select view in browser
  8. < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
     
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>IdealProgrammer.com: Anchors Object</title>
        <!-- 
        ***************************************************
        * This example is from http://idealprogrammer.com *
        ***************************************************
        -->
       </head>
      <body>
    <a href="http://idealprogrammer.com">Ideal Programmer</a><br /><!-- will not find this link -->
    <a name="First">First Named Anchor</a><br />
    <a name="Second">Second Named Anchor</a><br />
     
    Number of anchors:
     
     
    <script type="text/javascript">
        //*****************************************************
        // DOM Document
        //*****************************************************
     
     
        //*****************************************************
        //    ***    DOM Object Collections   ***
        //*****************************************************
     
        //*****************************************************
        // Anchors Object
        //*****************************************************
     
        //    SYNTAX:
        //    anchors[index] 	        Allows you to access all of the Anchor objects in a document
        //                              index is index of anchor
        document.write(document.anchors.length + "<br />")
        document.write(document.anchors[0].name )
     
    </script>
     
     
      </body>
    </html>