Base URL
<meta>
tag set the base URL for all the relative urls in the page.
A document can have only one <base>
tag.
<base>
must specify href
or target
or both.
Element Attributes
Attribute | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
href |
url | The base URL used throughout the document for relative URLs. |
target |
_blank _parent _self _top |
Specify the default browsing context to show results. |
Global attributes
Global attributes may be applied on all elements, although some elements may have no effect on them.
<accesskey>
,
<class>
,
<contenteditable>
,
<contextmenu>
,
<data-*>
,
<dir>
,
<draggable>
,
<dropzone>
,
<hidden>
,
<id>
,
<lang>
,
<spellcheck>
,
<style>
,
<tabindex>
,
<title>
,
<translate>
.
Global Event Handler Attributes
This tag does not support any event attributes.
Learning with HTML Editor "Try it Now"
You can edit the HTML code and view the result using online editor.
Example
<head>
<base href="https://www.w3context.com/html/" target="_blank">
</head>
<body>
<img src="resources/images/box.png" width="150" height="150" alt="box">
</body>
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Example
<head>
<base href="https://www.w3context.com/html/" target="_blank">
</head>
<body>
<a href="elements/html-base-tag.jsp">HTML base Tag</a>
</body>
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