HTMLAnchorElement: type property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The type property of the HTMLAnchorElement interface is a string that indicates the MIME type of the linked resource.

It reflects the type attribute of the <a> element.

Value

A string.

Example

html
<a id="exampleLink" href="https://example.com" type="text/html">Example Link</a>
<p class="type"></p>
css
#exampleLink {
  font-size: 1.5rem;
}
js
const anchorElement = document.getElementById("exampleLink");
const pTag = document.querySelector(".type");
console.log(anchorElement.type); // Output: "text/html"
pTag.textContent = anchorElement.type;

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-a-type

Browser compatibility

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See also