In HTML5, using an aanchor element without an href attribute is valid. It is considered to be a “placeholder hyperlink.” You can use class and other attributes, but you can not use target, download, rel, hreflang, and type.
Example:
<a>previous</a>If you have to use href for backwards compability, you can also use (do-nothing link)
<a href="javascript:void(0)">link</a>Read more: A href JavaScript void 0
Example anchor without href
HTML <a> tag example – html anchor no href:-
<html>
<body>
<a>previous</a>
</body>
</html>Output:
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Note: The All HTML Examples codes are tested on the Firefox browser and the Chrome browser.
OS: Windows 10
Code: HTML 5 Version