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HTML <a> download property

HTML a Tag Reference HTML <a> tag

Examples

Click the link to download the image:

<a href="../images/logo.png" download="w3clogo">

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Browser Support

Figures in the table represent the first browser to support the property version number.

element
download 14.0 13.0 20.0 not support 15.0

Definition and Usage

download attribute defines the download link address.

href attribute must be specified in <a> tag.

The same property can specify the name of the downloaded file. File names do not limit, the browser will automatically add the suffix at the end of the file name of the downloaded file (.img, .pdf, .txt, .html, etc.).


The difference between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

download attribute is new in HTML5 <a> tag attributes.


grammar

<a download="filename">

Property Value

value description
filename Specify the file name.


HTML a Tag Reference HTML <a> tag