The following target attribute value will open a link in a new tab:
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Why does the following (with underscore in blank omitted) do the same apparently in all browsers? It's a different value?
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<a target="_blank|_self|_parent|_top|framename">
target="blank" tries to open an existing frame named 'blank' , so you could use any other word instead of blank , for example target="whatever" see here jsfiddle
so, because the frame(window) with name 'blank' doesn't exist, it opens a new window and you have the impression that is the same thing with _blank, but _blank is a reserved value for the target attribute
target="_blank" opens the given url in a new window
target="whatever" targets a window named 'whatever' , if that window does not exist, it creates a new window
for more info read here HTML target Attribute
target=blank opens the link in a new window entitled blank where target=_blank just opens it in a new window. So if u have two links w/ target=blank then they will both open up in the same new window but if u have the two links w/ target=_blank they will both open up in their own new window.
blank targets an existing frame or window called "blank". A new window is created only if "blank" doesn't already exist.
_blank is a reserved name which targets a new, unnamed window.
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You'd think I'd be able to work this out from Google, but I've had no luck.
I'm building a content aggregator, imagine a list of links to external sites. Every time I click a link I would like to open a new tab.
At the moment I have target="blank" but what happens is the first link opens a new tab, and all of the subsequent clicks just overwrite the newly opened tab - opening a grand total of 1 new tabs.
As opposed to what I want which is if I click 5 external links, it opens 5 new tabs.
Other aggregators like Digg.com and Delicious somehow manage it, but their a tags's are no different to mine.
Thanks folks
Edit:
Here's how the links are at the moment:
<a class="header" href="/links/56bae5109e1b937548000307/go" rel="nofollow" target="blank">Finding Dory: new posters land</a>
You were close, just make sure there is an underscore _ in front of blank as the value:
<a class="header" href="/links/56bae5109e1b937548000307/go" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finding Dory: new posters land</a>
This is because _blank is an actual special word that instructs the browser to open new tab or window. W3Schools:
_blank Opens the linked document in a new window or tab
whereas you had just blank which will be interpreted as a specific window target name, thus all links kept opening to that target.
You should try,
<a class="header" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://your_url_here.html">Finding Dory: new posters land</a>
If you set the target attribute to "_blank", the link will open in
a new browser window or a new tab.
"blank" causes the result what are you experiencing now,
I have target="blank" but what happens is the first link opens a new
tab, and all of the subsequent clicks just overwrite the newly opened
tab - opening a grand total of 1 new tabs.
like what you said before.
Since I approached the web programming, to open a link in a new window I always used
target="blank"
but most of the time, here and in the rest of the web I have ever seen use:
target="_blank"
Both forms work (of course), but I do not know the difference between the two versions and they do not know what the correct way (and why)....
blank targets an existing frame or window called "blank". A new window is created only if "blank" doesn't already exist.
_blank is a reserved name which targets a new, unnamed window.
In short, use target="_blank" it always open a new window but use target="blank" it will open a new window at the first time and this window will be reused after the first.
Both target="_blank" && target="blank" will open new window or tab.
The difference is
target="_blank"
On every click, it will open in a new window.
target="blank"
On another (Multiple) clicks, it will Open in the same window that opened for the first click (reuses the same tab).
It reuses the same tab for all the linked documents with attribute ="blank"
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Is it possible to open an a href link in a new tab instead of the same tab?
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You should add the target="_blank" and rel="noopener noreferrer" in the anchor tag.
For example:
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://your_url_here.html">Link</a>
Adding rel="noopener noreferrer" is not mandatory, but it's a recommended security measure. More information can be found in the links below.
Source:
MDN | HTML element <a> | attribute target
About rel=noopener
Opens External Anchors Using rel="noopener"
It shouldn't be your call to decide whether the link should open in a new tab or a new window, since ultimately this choice should be done by the settings of the user's browser. Some people like tabs; some like new windows.
Using _blank will tell the browser to use a new tab/window, depending on the user's browser configuration and how they click on the link (e.g. middle click, Ctrl+click, or normal click).
Additionally, some browsers don't have a tabs feature and therefore cannot open a link in a new tab, only in a new window.
set the target attribute of your <a> element to "_tab"
EDIT:
It works, however W3Schools says there is no such target attribute:
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_a_target.asp
EDIT2:
From what I've figured out from the comments. setting target to _blank will take you to a new tab or window (depending on your browser settings). Typing anything except one of the ones below will create a new tab group (I'm not sure how these work):
_blank Opens the linked document in a new window or tab
_self Opens the linked document in the same frame as it was clicked (this is default)
_parent Opens the linked document in the parent frame
_top Opens the linked document in the full body of the window
framename Opens the linked document in a named frame
You can simply do that by setting target="_blank", w3schools has an example.
I have found (with a letter c)
target="_blanck"
instead of expected
target="_blank"
in a project written by someone else.
It works and opens a link in a new window.
Is that a typo or am I missing something?
The target attribute refers to where the contents of the link will be loaded in your browser. The browser will put the contents of the page inside the window/frame with that name, as long as it's not one of the special values _blank, _self, _top or _parent. See the Frame target references section in the w3 spec.
Except for the reserved names listed below, frame target names
(%FrameTarget; in the DTD) must begin with an alphabetic character
(a-zA-Z). User agents should ignore all other target names.
The following target names are reserved and have special meanings.
_blank The user agent should load the designated document in a new, unnamed window.
_self The user agent should load the document in the same frame as the element that refers to this target.
_parent The user agent should load the document into the immediate FRAMESET parent of the current frame. This value is equivalent to _self if the current frame has no parent.
_top The user agent should load the document into the full, original window (thus canceling all other frames). This value is equivalent to _self if the current frame has no parent.
So, if the link is supposed to always open a new window, it should be _blank. If there are several links with the same target=_blanck, it might be like this on purpose if they're supposed to always replace the contents of the same window.
See this fiddle:
This opens SO always in a new window
This opens google in a given window
This opens SO in the same given window
Yes its a typo
target="_blank"
Will open in a new window
target="_blanck"
Will open in a tab named blanck, if there is not a tab named blanck it will open a new one.
My guess is if you click that link it will open in a new window, click it again and it will reload the same tab it opened previously
The correct way is:
Home
The main method to give hyperlink in HTML is,
CLick Here ...
where is HTML tag and href and target is attribute. If you write target="_blanck" its means that you have an HTML page named _blanck and its gives you error.
This is my code:
test
When you click it, it takes you to Yahoo but it does not open a new window?
test
Easy as that.
Or without JS
test
In order to open a link in a new window, add Javascript command
onclick="window.open('text-link.htm', 'name','width=600,height=400') inside the <a> tag:
Open page in new window
Given answer might be helpful when you want to open a new tab or browser user preference is set to open new window instead of tab, since the original question is about open new window not a tab, here is what works for me.
<a href="#" onClick='window.open(url, "_blank", "resizable=yes, scrollbars=yes, titlebar=yes, width=800, height=600);'>test</a>
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