Modifying Link Target

You may think that when you click on a HTML hyperlink the new content must appear in the current browser. However, in HTML when we create a hyperlink to another page we have a number of options as to which browser window the link content will appear in. To determine the link action we are using the target parameter. The table given below lists some of the options and their action.

Typical HTML hyperlink definition:

<a href="/activities.html">Activities/a>

HTML hyperlink definition with the link opening in a new browser window:

<a href="/activities.html" target="_blank">Activities/a>

Value	Action
_blank	Open page in new window
_self	Force page to open using the same window as from where the link was clicked.
_parent	In a frameset opens in parent frame.  If frames are not used then this is like the _self parameter.
_top	In a frameset will open in the top window. If frames are not used then this is like the _self parameter.

NAT June 2006 (Revised)
NAT April 2007 (Revised)