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<base> Tag

The <base> tag specifies a default URL, and/or a default target, for all elements with a URL.

Supported In HTML4: Yes

Supported In HTML5: Yes

HTML4 vs HTML5 Differences: None

Attributes

Title Values Description HTML4 Support HTML5 Support
href URL Specifies the URL to use as the base URL for links in the page. Yes Yes
target _blank _parent _self _top Where to open all the links on the page. This attribute can be overridden by using the target attribute in each link. _blank - all the links will open in new windows _self - all the links will open in the same frame they where clicked _parent - all the links will open in the parent frameset _top - all the links will open in the full body of the window No No

Standard Attributes

Event Attributes

HTML5 Tags

  1. a
  2. abbr
  3. acronym
  4. address
  5. applet
  6. area
  7. article
  8. aside
  9. audio
  10. b
  11. base
  12. basefont
  13. bdo
  14. big
  15. blockquote
  16. body
  17. br
  18. button
  19. canvas
  20. caption
  21. center
  22. cite
  23. code
  24. col
  25. colgroup
  26. command
  27. datalist
  28. dd
  29. del
  30. details
  31. dfn
  32. dir
  33. div
  1. dt
  2. embed
  3. fieldset
  4. figcaption
  5. figure
  6. font
  7. footer
  8. form
  9. frame
  10. frameset
  11. h1
  12. h2
  13. h3
  14. h4
  15. h5
  16. h6
  17. head
  18. header
  19. hgroup
  20. hr
  21. html
  22. i
  23. iframe
  24. img
  25. input
  26. ins
  27. kbd
  28. keygen
  29. label
  30. legend
  31. li
  32. link
  33. map
  1. menu
  2. meta
  3. meter
  4. nav
  5. noframes
  6. noscript
  7. object
  8. ol
  9. optgroup
  10. option
  11. output
  12. p
  13. param
  14. pre
  15. progress
  16. q
  17. rp
  18. rt
  19. ruby
  20. s
  21. strike
  22. strong
  23. style
  24. sub
  25. summary
  26. sup
  27. table
  28. tbody
  29. td
  30. textarea
  31. tfoot
  32. th