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 # dom-a-target |
Browser compatibility
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See also
HTMLBaseElement.targetpropertyHTMLFormElement.targetpropertyHTMLAreaElement.targetproperty