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rev property (a, link)

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Specifies or returns a reverse relationship from an anchor or link to the current document.

This property contains information for the author only, there isn't any functionality assigned to this property.

Syntax:

object.rev;

You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.

This property is read/write.

HTML page for this property: rev

Possible values:

String that sets or retrieves a space-separated list of relation types.

The list of the supported relation types:

Alternate

Designates substitute versions for the document in which the link occurs.

Appendix

Page that is an appendix for the set of pages.

Bookmark

Bookmark.

Chapter

Refers to a document serving as a chapter in a collection of documents.

Contents

Refers to a document serving as a table of contents.

Glossary

Glossary for the page.

Help

Help document.

Index

Refers to a document providing an index for the current document.

Refers to the next document in a sequence.

Refers to the previous document in a sequence.

Section

Page that is a section for a set of pages.

Start

Refers to the first document.

Stylesheet

Refers to an external style sheet.

Subsection

Page that is a subsection for a set of pages.

Default: this property has no default value.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the rev attribute:

<a name="topBookmark" href="#bottomBookmark" rev="Bookmark">Jump to the bottom of the page</a>
<div style="height:2000px"></div>
<a name="bottomBookmark" href="#topBookmark" rev="Bookmark">Jump to the top of the page</a>

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Example HTML code 2:

This example illustrates the use of the rev property:

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function GetRelationType () {
            var anchor = document.getElementById ("firstAnchor");
            alert ("The rev property of the first anchor is: " + anchor.rev);
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <a id="firstAnchor" name="topBookmark" href="#bottomBookmark" rev="Bookmark">Jump to the bottom of the page</a>
    <br/><br/><br/>
    <button onclick="GetRelationType ();">Get relation!</button>
    <div style="height:2000px"></div>
    <a name="bottomBookmark" href="#topBookmark" rev="Bookmark">Jump to the top of the page</a>
</body>