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Expand Up @@ -4668,21 +4668,32 @@ <h3>Linking <code>&lt;a&gt;</code></h3>
</p>
<p>
The <code>&lt;a&gt;</code> element accepts the attributes described
in <a href="#global-attributes"></a> as well as the all the attributes of the
<a href="https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#the-a-element">corresponding element in HTML</a>.
The primary additional attribute is [^a/href^].
</p>
<ul id="a-attributes">
in <a href="#global-attributes"></a> as well as corresponding attributes of the
<a data-cite="HTML#the-a-element">HTML <code>&lt;a&gt;</code> element</a>:
</p>
<ul id="a-attributes">
<li>[^a/href^]</li>
<li>[^a/target^]</li>
<li>[^a/download^]</li>
<li>[^a/ping^]</li>
<li>[^a/rel^]</li>
<li>[^a/hreflang^]</li>
<li>[^a/type^]</li>
<li>[^a/referrerpolicy^]</li>
</ul>
<p>
If the
<dfn data-dfn-for="a" class="element-attr">href</dfn>
attribute is used then the <code>&lt;a&gt;</code> element creates a hyperlink
to the URL specified by the <code>href</code> attribute. The linking behavior
is as described for the <code>a</code> element in HTML.
The
<dfn class="element-attr">href</dfn>,
<dfn class="element-attr">target</dfn>,
<dfn class="element-attr">download</dfn>,
<dfn class="element-attr">ping</dfn>,
<dfn class="element-attr">rel</dfn>,
<dfn class="element-attr">hreflang</dfn>,
<dfn class="element-attr">type</dfn> and
<dfn class="element-attr">referrerpolicy</dfn>
attributes have the same syntax and semantics as defined for the
<a data-cite="HTML#the-a-element">HTML <code>&lt;a&gt;</code> element</a>.
</p>

<p> The layout algorithm of the <code>&lt;a&gt;</code> element
is the same as the <code>&lt;mrow&gt;</code> element.</p>

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