Retrieves a collection of all a objects that specify the href property and all area objects in the document.

Syntax

[ oColl = ] object.links

[ oObject = ] object.links(iIndex)

Possible Values

oColl	Array of a objects.
oObject	Reference to an individual item in the array of elements contained by the object.
iIndex	Required. Integer that specifies the zero-based index of the item to be returned.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the links object.

Attributes/Properties

Show: Attributes/Properties Methods

Property Description length Sets or retrieves the number of objects in a collection. Method Description item Retrieves an object from various collections, including the all collection. namedItem Retrieves an object or a collection from a specified collection. tags Retrieves a collection of objects that have the specified HTML tag name. urns Retrieves a collection of all objects to which a specified behavior is attached.

Remarks

For a objects to appear in the collection, they must have an href attribute.

Example

This example shows how to display the href of the third link (Microsoft.com) defined in the document.

<a href="http://yahoo.com">Yahoo.com</a>
<a href="http://msn.com">MSN.com</a>
<a href="http://microsoft.com">Microsoft.com</a>

<script>
alert(document.links[2].href);
</script> 

Standards Information

This collection is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

document, HTMLDocument Constructor