Email Linksespecially useful for contact emails for individuals, staff members on a company site, and customer service and support feedback. Email links use the mailto: attribute along with the HRef attribute and the recipient's email address to accomplish this function (see Example 2-12). Example 2-12. Using the mailto: attribute to create an email link<a href="mailto:molly@molly.com">email molly</a> Figure 2-11 shows the results. Figure 2-11. Clicking on a mailto: link opens your email software and inserts the email address into the To field.
?) and the subject attribute and value (see Example 2-13). Example 2-13. Adding a subject to the email<a href="mailto:molly@molly.com?subject=feedback">email molly</a> Figure 2-12 displays the results. Figure 2-12. Mailto: link with subject line added.
You'll want to consider accessibility features for your links as well, especially the title attribute and a description, and tabindex if the sequential order of links on a given page is particularly important to your site visitors (see Example 2-14). Example 2-14. Adding accessibility features to mailto: links<a href="mailto:molly@molly.com?subject=feedback" title="email molly regarding book The title text now appears in a ToolTip as the mouse passes over the link. The tabindex is set to 3 |
feedback" tabindex="3">email molly</a>
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