HTML5: base – base URL

base – base URL ⓘ # T

The base element specifies a document-wide base URL for the purposes of resolving relative URLs, and a document-wide default browsing context name for the purposes of following hyperlinks.

Permitted content #

empty (void element)

Permitted attributes #

common attributes & href★ & target or target★

Descriptions for attributes specific to this element #

href = URI: The base URL for the document.
target = browsing-context name or keyword NEW: A browsing context name or keyword for use in following hyperlinks.

Tag omission #

The base element is a void element. A base element must have a start tag but must not have an end tag.

Permitted parent elements #

head

DOM interface #

interface HTMLBaseElement : HTMLElement {
           attribute DOMString href;
           attribute DOMString target;
};