Sets or retrieves the relationship between the object and the destination of the link.
Syntax
| HTML | <ELEMENT REL
= sRelation... >
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| Scripting | [ sRelation = ] object.rel |
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Possible Values
| sRelation | String that
specifies or receives one or more of the following space delimited values in any order:Alternate | Substitute version of the file that contains the link. | Appendix | Page that is an appendix for the set of pages. | Bookmark | Bookmark. | Chapter | Page that is a chapter for a set of pages. | Contents | Table of contents document. | Copyright | Copyright notice for the current page. | Glossary | Glossary for the current page. | Help | Help document. | Index | Index document for the current page. | Next | Next document in a sequence. | Offline | href that contains a path to the CDF file to be used for an offline favorite. | Prev | Previous document in a sequence. | Search | Windows Internet Explorer 7 and later. The link refers to an OpenSearch Description file. (See Search Provider Extensibility in Internet Explorer 7 for more information.) The Search type is not defined by the HTML 4.01 specification. For strict validation, include http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/ in the PROFILE attribute of the head element. | Section | Page that is a section for a set of pages. | Shortcut Icon | href that contains a path to an icon file to be used for the favorite or link. | Start | First document of a set. | Stylesheet | Style sheet. | Subsection | Page that is a subsection for a set of pages. |
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The property is read/write.
The property has no default value.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
If no values are indicated, the rel property's default relationship is an empty string. This property is used only when the href property is applied.
The Shortcut Icon, Offline, and Search values apply only to the link object.
The Offline value is available in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and later. For more information about CDF files and offline favorites, see Enhancing Offline Favorites.
The rel property is similar to the rev property, but the semantics of these two properties' link types are in the reverse direction. For example, a link from A to B with REL="X" expresses the same relationship as a link from B to A with REV="X". An anchor can have both rel and rev properties.
Standards Information
This property is defined in
HTML 3.2 
and
is defined in
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .
Applies To
See Also
How to Add a Shortcut Icon to a Web Page