More browsers are beginning to support link relations. These are links that may not appear within the page itself, but describe connections such as "Next", "Home", or "Glossary", allowing simple, consistent navigation for all web content that defines these relationships.
Mozilla uses a toolbar with labeled icons, a menu, and a menu.
The first matching link is used when more than one applies to a button.
Links that are not understood by Mozilla are available at → → .
When the title attribute would be
used, but is not provided, the rel
attribute is used instead.
Firefox (and Firebird) requires the Link Toolbar extension, which uses labeled icons and a menu.
Toolbar buttons with more than one matching link become menus
(Top and Start for the
button; Previous and Prev for the
button).
Links that are not understood by Firebird are available at → → .
When the title attribute would be
used, but is not provided, a blank menu item is produced.
Opera uses a toolbar with text buttons and no menus. The best matching link is used.
iCab was the first GUI-based browser to offer a
linkbar (preceded only by the text-mode Lynx browser), and uses a toolbar
with tiny unlabeled icons. Links that are not understood by iCab are
available at → ( → for rev). The best
matching link is used.
iCab was the first GUI-based browser to offer a linkbar (preceded only by the text-mode Lynx browser), and uses a toolbar with tiny unlabeled icons.
Links that are not understood by iCab are available at → ( → for rev).
The first matching link is used when more than one matches a button.
Internet Explorer requires the <LINK>-Bar extension, which uses unlabeled icons (link titles are used as tooltips), a menu, and adds a popup blocker and a Google search.
Toolbar buttons with more than one applicable link become menus
(First and Start for the
button; Previous and Prev for the
button).
All alternate page versions (language or media alternates) are added to the menu.
When the title attribute would be
used, but is not provided, the href
attribute is used instead.
rel | Mozilla | Firefox Link Toolbar | Opera | iCab | IE <LINK>-Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alternate (hreflang) | → → | → → | – | – | |
Alternate (lang) | → → | → → | – | – | |
Alternate (media) | → → | → → | – | – | |
Alternate
(stylesheet) | (stylesheet menu) | (stylesheet menu) | (stylesheet menu) | (stylesheet menu) | (stylesheet menu) |
Appendix | → → | → → | – | – | → → |
Author | → | → | |||
Banner | – | – | – | – | – |
Begin | (overridden by First) | ||||
BiblioEntry | – | – | – | – | – |
Bibliography | – | – | – | – | – |
Bookmark | → → | → → | – | – | → → |
Chapter | → → | → → | – | – | → → |
Child | – | – | – | ||
Citation | – | – | – | – | – |
Contents | → | → | |||
Copyright | → | → | |||
Definition | – | – | – | – | – |
Disclaimer | – | – | – | – | – |
Editor | – | – | – | – | – |
End | (overridden by Last) | ||||
Find | – | – | – | – | |
First | |||||
Footnote | – | – | – | – | – |
Glossary | → | → | – | ||
Help | → | → | |||
Home | – | – | |||
Index | → | → | |||
Last | |||||
Made | → | – | – | – | |
Made (rev) | → | → | |||
Meta | – | – | – | – | – |
Navigator | – | – | – | – | – |
Next | (precaches, if possible) | (precaches, if possible) | |||
Origin | – | – | – | ||
Parent | – | – | – | ||
Prefetch | (precaches, if possible) | (precaches, if possible) | – | – | – |
Prev | (overridden by Previous) | ||||
Previous | |||||
Publisher | – | – | – | – | – |
Script | – | – | – | – | – |
Search | → | → | |||
Section | → → | → → | – | – | → → |
Sibling | – | – | – | – | – |
Start | (overridden by Home) | ||||
Stylesheet | (stylesheet menu) | (stylesheet menu) | (stylesheet menu) | (stylesheet menu) | (stylesheet menu) |
Subsection | → → | → → | – | – | → → |
TOC | → | → | (overridden by Contents) | → | |
Top | (overridden by Home
or Start) | → | |||
Trademark | – | – | – | – | – |
Translation | – | – | – | – | – |
Up |
NoteAll toolbar buttons use the first link that matches a button, except Firebird and the IE <LINK>-Bar which build a menu for the button if more than one match is found.