<!DOCTYPE html>
<html class="reftest-wait">
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>href - a element</title>
<meta name="assert"
      content="The a element should keep its link status after removing href if there is still xlink:href">
<link rel="match" href="href-a-element-ref.html">
<style>
a:link rect {
  fill: lime;
}
</style>
<body>
  <svg width="100" height="100" viewBox="0 0 100 100"
       xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" onload="loaded();">
    <a id="link" href="abc.html" xlink:href="def.html">
      <rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="red"/>
    </a>
  </svg>
</body>
<script>
  function loaded() {
    document.getElementById('link').removeAttribute('href');
    requestAnimationFrame(function() {
      document.documentElement.classList.remove("reftest-wait");
    });
  }
</script>
</html>
