HTMLAnchorElement: toString() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2016.

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The HTMLAnchorElement.toString() stringifier method returns a string containing the whole URL. It is a read-only version of HTMLAnchorElement.href.

Syntax

toString()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A string containing the element's complete URL.

Examples

Calling toString on an anchor element

// An <a id="myAnchor" href="/en-US/docs/HTMLAnchorElement"> element is in the document
const anchor = document.getElementById("myAnchor");
anchor.toString(); // returns 'https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTMLAnchorElement'

Specifications

Specification
HTML # dom-hyperlink-href-dev

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`toString`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 52 (Release date: 2016-07-20) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 22 (Release date: 2013-06-25) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 39 (Release date: 2016-08-02) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 3 (Release date: 2007-10-26) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 52 (Release date: 2016-07-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 22 (Release date: 2013-06-25) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 41 (Release date: 2016-10-25) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 52 (Release date: 2016-07-27) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support

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Full support: Full support

HTMLAnchorElement: toString() method

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