Javascript Reference - HTML DOM Anchor pathname Property

The pathname property sets or gets the path name part of the href attribute value.

Browser Support


`pathname`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

Return the pathname property:

var v = anchorObject.pathname

Set the pathname property:

anchorObject.pathname = path;

Property Values

Value	Description
path	Set the path name of a URL

Return Value

A String representing the path name of the URL.

Example

The following code shows how to gets the path name of a link:


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<!--from w  ww .ja  v  a2s . co m-->
<p><a id="myAnchor" href="http://www.example.com:8080/test.htm#part2">Example link</a></p>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    var x = document.getElementById("myAnchor").pathname;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows:

Example 2

The following code shows how to change the path name of a link.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<!-- w w  w .  jav a 2 s.  co m-->
<p><a id="myAnchor" href="http://www.example.com:80/test.htm#part2">Example link</a></p>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    document.getElementById("myAnchor").pathname = "newpathname";
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "changed";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows: