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HTML DOM Anchor target Property
The HTML DOM target property associated with the anchor tag (<a>) specifies where the new web page will open after clicking the URL. It can have the following values −
- _blank − This will open the linked document in a new window.
- _parent − This will open the linked document in the parent frameset.
- _top − This will open the linked document in the full body window.
- _self − This will open the linked document in the same window. This is the default behavior
- framename − This will open the linked document in the specified framename.
Syntax
Following is the syntax for −
Returning the target property −
anchorObject.target
Setting the target property −
anchorObject.target = "_blank|_self|_parent|_top|framename"
Example
Let us see an example of anchor target property −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p><a id="Anchor" target="_self" href="https://www.examplesite.com">example site</a></p>
<p><a id="Anchor2" href="https://www.examplesite.com">example site</a></p>
<p>Click the button to see the value of the target attribute.</p>
<button onclick="getTarget1()">GetTarget</button>
<button onclick="setTarget2()">SetTarget</button>
<p id="Target1"></p>
<script>
function getTarget1() {
var x = document.getElementById("Anchor").target;
document.getElementById("Target1").innerHTML = x;
}
function setTarget2(){
document.getElementById("Anchor2").innerHTML="Target has been set";
document.getElementById("Target1").target="newframe";
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following output −
After clicking on “GetTarget” button −
After clicking on “SetTarget” button −
In the above example −
We have taken one anchor tag with target attribute and with a value _self and another one with default _blank −
<p><a id="Anchor" target="_self" href="https://www.examplesite.com">example site</a></p> <p><a id="Anchor2" href="https://www.examplesite.com">example site</a></p>
We have then created two buttons named GetTarget and SetTarget to execute the getTarget1() and setTarget2() functions respectively.
<button onclick="getTarget1()">GetTarget</button> <button onclick="setTarget2()">SetTarget</button>
The getTarget1() will get the target value from the first link and display in the paragraph tag with id=”Target1”. The setTarget2() will set the target value of link2 from default _blank to custom frame “newframe”.
function getTarget1() {
var x = document.getElementById("Anchor").target;
document.getElementById("Target1").innerHTML = x;
}
function setTarget2(){
document.getElementById("Target1").innerHTML="Target has been set";
document.getElementById("Anchor2").target="_blank";
}
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