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What tag should be used for short text like "back to top" , "Read more" etc?

Answer 1

+2 A:

Anchor tag

<a href="#">Back to top</a>

<a href="#">Read more</a>

You can embed an anchor tag inside a block element. So something like this

<p><a href="#">Back to top</a></p>

rahul 2010-01-07 10:04:03

only <a> without u mean

metal-gear-solid 2010-01-07 10:05:04

Yes. just an <a>.

Daniel Vassallo 2010-01-07 10:05:48

You can embed an anchor tag inside any block element.

rahul 2010-01-07 10:06:55

but i need this in seperate line and <a> is inline

metal-gear-solid 2010-01-07 10:07:08

You can use the CSS style: `display: block;`

Daniel Vassallo 2010-01-07 10:08:25

`a.back { display:block;}` will fix that for you, if you give the `a` a class of 'back'.

Skilldrick 2010-01-07 10:08:42

is it not against web standarss to change disply style any element through css while origionally has diffent display property in html specifiction?

metal-gear-solid 2010-01-07 10:11:24

@Jitendra: No, it's not.

Skilldrick 2010-01-07 10:21:32

Answer 2

+2 A:

In general you should use the anchor <a> tag.

Nesting an <a> inside a  is perfectly valid, but in general the  should be reserved for paragraphs of text. Since yours is just a link, the <a> tag alone will probably be the most recommended.

If you want your link to appear as a block element, simply style it with display: block;. The fact that the <a> tag is normally displayed inline is only because it is its default style.

Daniel Vassallo 2010-01-07 10:04:36

but i've seen in many good site people use <a> inside

metal-gear-solid 2010-01-07 10:06:06

It's perfectly legal to use `<a>` inside ``, and done all over the world. But using the `` is only justified if you really want/need a paragraph-styled block. There's no reason to imprison free-standing, innocent text in `` if it's not a para.

Carl Smotricz 2010-01-07 11:54:29

Answer 3

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Tatu Ulmanen 2010-01-07 10:05:47

Answer 4

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Carl Smotricz 2010-01-07 10:05:49

u suggested <a> and both are inline. so both will follow float direction of above element

metal-gear-solid 2010-01-07 10:09:24

You can style an `a` like you can style a `span` - the extra tag is unnecessary.

Skilldrick 2010-01-07 10:20:43

@Jitendra and Skilldrick: You both misunderstood my answer. It's not clear to me from the question that the "short texts" from the question are really meant to be links. The content of these texts hints they're links, but the OP isn't saying. If not, then `a` would not be appropriate.

Carl Smotricz 2010-01-07 11:18:39

@carl yes these are links

metal-gear-solid 2010-01-07 11:46:49

Thank you. My answer updated accordingly. But it's saying mostly what everybody else was saying already.

Carl Smotricz 2010-01-07 11:50:47

@carl now see my first comment

metal-gear-solid 2010-01-07 12:20:17

I'm sorry, but I cannot understand from your question what you want or what your problem (if any) is.

Carl Smotricz 2010-01-07 13:15:36

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