Description

A tag that creates a HTML <a >.This tag supports the same attributes as the "url" tag, including nested parameters using the "param" tag.

While this tag can be used with the simple theme, xhtml theme, and others, it is really designed to work best with the ajax theme. We recommend reading the ajax a template documentation for more details.

Parameters

Dynamic Attributes Allowed: true
Name	Required	Default	Evaluated	Type	Description
accesskey	false		false	String	Set the html accesskey attribute on rendered html element
action	false		false	String	The action to generate the URL for, if not using value
anchor	false		false	String	The anchor for this URL
cssClass	false		false	String	The css class to use for element
cssErrorClass	false		false	String	The css error class to use for element
cssErrorStyle	false		false	String	The css error style definitions for element to use
cssStyle	false		false	String	The css style definitions for element to use
disabled	false		false	String	Set the html disabled attribute on rendered html element
encode	false	true	false	Boolean	Whether to encode parameters
escapeAmp	false	true	false	Boolean	Specifies whether to escape ampersand (&) to (&amp or not
forceAddSchemeHostAndPort	false	false	false	Boolean	Specifies whether to force the addition of scheme, host and port or not
href	false		false	String	The URL.
id	false		false	String	HTML id attribute
includeContext	false	true	false	Boolean	Whether actual context should be included in URL
includeParams	false	none	false	String	The includeParams attribute may have the value 'none', 'get' or 'all'
javascriptTooltip	false	false	false	Boolean	Use JavaScript to generate tooltips
key	false		false	String	Set the key (name, value, label) for this particular component
label	false		false	String	Label expression used for rendering an element specific label
labelSeparator	false	:	false	String	String that will be appended to the label
labelposition	false		false	String	Define label position of form element (top/left)
method	false		false	String	The method of action to use
name	false		false	String	The name to set for element
namespace	false		false	String	The namespace to use
onblur	false		false	String	Set the html onblur attribute on rendered html element
onchange	false		false	String	Set the html onchange attribute on rendered html element
onclick	false		false	String	Set the html onclick attribute on rendered html element
ondblclick	false		false	String	Set the html ondblclick attribute on rendered html element
onfocus	false		false	String	Set the html onfocus attribute on rendered html element
onkeydown	false		false	String	Set the html onkeydown attribute on rendered html element
onkeypress	false		false	String	Set the html onkeypress attribute on rendered html element
onkeyup	false		false	String	Set the html onkeyup attribute on rendered html element
onmousedown	false		false	String	Set the html onmousedown attribute on rendered html element
onmousemove	false		false	String	Set the html onmousemove attribute on rendered html element
onmouseout	false		false	String	Set the html onmouseout attribute on rendered html element
onmouseover	false		false	String	Set the html onmouseover attribute on rendered html element
onmouseup	false		false	String	Set the html onmouseup attribute on rendered html element
onselect	false		false	String	Set the html onselect attribute on rendered html element
openTemplate	false		false	String	Set template to use for opening the rendered html.
portletMode	false		false	String	The resulting portlet mode
portletUrlType	false		false	String	Specifies if this should be a portlet render or action URL. Default is "render". To create an action URL, use "action".
required	false	false	false	Boolean	If set to true, the rendered element will indicate that input is required
requiredposition	false		false	String	Define required position of required form element (left|right)
scheme	false		false	String	Set scheme attribute
tabindex	false		false	String	Set the html tabindex attribute on rendered html element
template	false		false	String	The template (other than default) to use for rendering the element
templateDir	false		false	String	The template directory.
theme	false		false	String	The theme (other than default) to use for rendering the element
title	false		false	String	Set the html title attribute on rendered html element
tooltip	false		false	String	Set the tooltip of this particular component
tooltipConfig	false		false	String	Deprecated. Use individual tooltip configuration attributes instead.
tooltipCssClass	false	StrutsTTClassic	false	String	CSS class applied to JavaScrip tooltips
tooltipDelay	false	Classic	false	String	Delay in milliseconds, before showing JavaScript tooltips
tooltipIconPath	false		false	String	Icon path used for image that will have the tooltip
value	false		false	String	The target value to use, if not using action
windowState	false		false	String	The resulting portlet window state

Usage

To get started, use the head tag and the ajax theme. See ajax head template for more information. Then look at the usage details for the ajax a template.

 
If you want to use additional parameters in your s:a the best practice is to use a s:url to create your url and then leverage this url into your s:a tag. This is done by creating a s:url and specifying an id attribute.. like "testUrlId" in this example. Then in the s:a tag reference this id in the href attribute via " %{testUrlId}"

<s:url var="testUrlId" namespace="/subscriber" action="customField" method="delete">
    <s:param name="customFieldDefinition.id" value="${id}"/>
</s:url>
<s:a errorText="Sorry your request had an error." preInvokeJS="confirm('Are you sure you want to delete this item?')" href="%{testUrlId}">
    <img src="<s:url value="/images/delete.gif"/>" border="none"/>
</s:a>

<img xsrc="<s:url value="/images/delete.gif"/>" border="none"/><s:a><img xsrc="<s:url value="/images/delete.gif"/>" border="none"/></s:a>