How to link back out of a folder using the a-href tag?


Sometimes, the task is to fetch a page from a subfolder and then to come back to the page in the parent folder. Using HTML code this process of providing a link to back out of a folder using a tags and href tags is demonstrated in this article. This is shown by using two different examples. In the first example, a text link with a relative path is used for coming back to the page of parent folder. In the second example, <a> tag with the SVG link is used to back out of a folder. In this second example an absolute path is used.

Example 1: Using a text link with a relative path for coming back to the page in the parent folder

Folder and Pages Design Steps

Step 1 − Make a folder called FolderRef. This will be called the parent folder.

Step 2 − Make a folder called FolderOne inside the FolderRef. This will be called the subfolder

Step 3 − Make an html file inside the FoderRef. Name the file as parentFolderFile.

Step 4 − Make an html file inside the FoderOne. Name the file as subFolderFile. Use the relative path in the href inside the anchor tag.

Step 5 − Write the HTML code in parentFolderFile and subFolderFile as shown below.

Step 6 − Open the parentFolderFile.html in a browser and click the link to go to the subFolderFile. Now click the link in the subFolderFile to come back to the parent folder and the page stored there. Check the result.

The folders and files used here

Parent folder: FolderRef

Sub folder: FolderOne

File inside FolderRef parentFolderFile.html

File inside FolderOne subFolderFile.html

Code For parentFolderFile.html:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
   <head> 
      <title>Demo for Coming Back to This folder</title> 
   </head> 
   <body> 
      <h2>Go to the page in sub folder now</h2> 
      <a href="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm">GoToChildFolderPage</a>
   </body> 
</html> 

Code For subFolderFile.html

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
   <head> 
      <title>Demo for Going To Back folder</title> 
   </head> 
   <body> 
      <h1>Going to the parent folder from here...</h1> 
      <a href="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm">GoBackToParentFolder <a/>
   </body> 
</html> 

Viewing The Result

For seeing the result open the parentFolderFile.html in a browser. Now click the link to go to HTML file in the subfolder. Come to the back page in the parent folder by clicking the link in the subfolder file.

Example 2: Using an SVG Image link with an absolute for coming back to the page in the parent folder

Folder and Pages Design Steps

Step 1 − Make a folder called FolderRef. This will be called the parent folder.

Step 2 − Make a folder called FolderTwo inside the FolderRef. This will be called the subfolder

Step 3 − Make an html file inside the FoderRef. Name the file as parentFolderImgPage.

Step 4 − Make an html file inside the FoderTwo. Name the file as subFolderImgFile. Use the absolute path in the href inside the anchor tag with SVG Image.

Step 5 − Write the HTML code in parentFolderImgPage and subFolderImgFile as shown

Step 6 − Open the parentFolderImgPage.html in a browser and click the Image link to go to the subFolderImgFile. Now click the Image link in the subFolderImgFile to come back to the parent folder and the page stored there. Check the result.

The folders and files used here

Parent folder: FolderRef

Sub folder: FolderTwo

File inside FolderRef : parentFolderImgPage.html

File inside FolderTwo : subFolderImgFile.html

Code For parentFolderImgPage.html

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
   <title>Demo for Coming Back to This folder</title> 
</head> 
<body> 
   <h2>Click the blue circle and go to the page in sub folder now</h2> 
   <svg width="4cm" height="4cm" viewBox="0 0 6 6">
      <a href="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm">
      <ellipse cx="2" cy="2" rx="1.5" ry="1.5" fill="blue" />
      </a>
   </svg>	
</body> 
</html> 

Code For subFolderImgFile.html

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
   <title>Demo for Going To Back folder</title> 
</head> 
<body> 
   <h1>Going to the parent folder from here...</h1> 
   <h2>Click the red circle and go to the page in parent folder now</h2> 
   <svg width="4cm" height="4cm" viewBox="0 0 6 6">
   <a href="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm">
   <ellipse cx="2" cy="2" rx="1.5" ry="1.5"fill="red" />
   </a>
   </svg>
   <a/>
</body> 
</html> 

Viewing The Result

For seeing the result open the parentFolderImgPage.html in a browser. Now click the circle image to go to the HTML file in the subfolder. Come to the back page in the parent folder by clicking the circle on the subfolder page.

In this HTML a-href article, using two different examples, the ways to show how to back out of a folder containing an HTML file and go to the page in the parent folder are shown. First, the method is given where the text links are used with relative path references and then the way of using image links and absolute paths is given.

Updated on: 18-Apr-2023

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