HTMLAnchorElement: target property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The target
property of the HTMLAnchorElement
interface is a string that indicates where to display the linked resource.
Value
A string representing the target. Its value can be:
- The name of a
<frame>
. - One of the keyword with specific values:
_blank
,_self
,_parent
, or_top
.
Example
html
<a href="www.example1.com" class="link1" target="_blank">example1</a>
js
const link = document.querySelector(".link1");
console.log(link.target); // output: "_blank"
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard # dom-a-target |
Browser compatibility
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See also
HTMLBaseElement.target
propertyHTMLFormElement.target
propertyHTMLAreaElement.target
property