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- <!DOCTYPE> Declaration
- <a>
- <abbr>
- <acronym>
- <address>
- <applet>
- <area>
- <article>
- <aside>
- <audio>
- <b>
- <base>
- <basefont>
- <bdi>
- <bdo>
- <big>
- <blockquote>
- <body>
- <br>
- <button>
- <canvas>
- <caption>
- <center>
- <cite>
- <code>
- <col>
- <colgroup>
- <data>
- <datalist>
- <dd>
- <del>
- <details>
- <dfn>
- <dialog>
- <dir>
- <div>
- <dl>
- <dt>
- <em>
- <embed>
- <fieldset>
- <figcaption>
- <figure>
- <font>
- <footer>
- <form>
- <frame>
- <frameset>
- <h1> to <h6> s
- <head>
- <header>
- <hgroup>
- <hr>
- <html>
- <i>
- <iframe>
- <img>
- <input>
- <ins>
- <kbd>
- <label>
- <legend>
- <li>
- <link>
- <main>
- <map>
- <mark>
- <menu>
- <meta>
- <meter>
- <nav>
- <noframes>
- <noscript>
- <object>
- <ol>
- <optgroup>
- <option>
- <output>
- <p>
- <param>
- <picture>
- <pre>
- <progress>
- <q>
- <rp>
- <rt>
- <ruby>
- <s>
- <samp>
- <script>
- <search>
- <section>
- <select>
- <small>
- <source>
- <span>
- <strike>
- <strong>
- <style>
- <sub>
- <summary>
- <sup>
- <svg>
- <table>
- <tbody>
- <td>
- <template>
- <textarea>
- <tfoot>
- <th>
- <thead>
- <time>
- <title>
- <tr>
- <track>
- <tt>
- <u>
- <ul>
- <var>
- <video>
- <wbr>
HTML <base> Tag
Example
Specify a default URL and a default target for all links on a page:
<head>
<base href="https://www.w3schools.com/" target="_blank">
</head>
<body>
<img src="images/stickman.gif" width="24" height="39" alt="Stickman">
<a href="tags/tag_base.asp">HTML base Tag</a>
</body> Definition and Usage
The <base> tag specifies the base URL and/or target for all relative URLs in a document.
The <base> tag must have either an href or a target attribute present, or both.
There can only be one single <base> element in a document, and it must be inside the <head> element.
Browser Support
| Element | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <base> | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Attributes
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| href | URL | Specifies the base URL for all relative URLs in the page |
| target | _blank _parent _self _top | Specifies the default target for all hyperlinks and forms in the page |
Global Attributes and Events
The <base> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <base> tag does not support any event attributes.
Related Pages
HTML DOM reference: Base Object
Default CSS Settings
None.