Name

TARGET — NN n/a IE n/a HTML 4

Synopsis

TARGET=”windowOrFrameName"

Optional

Presumably, the TARGET attribute is provided in HTML 4.0 as a way to specify the destination for display of a document at the other end of the HREF attribute of the LINK element. No browser yet implements this attribute because the LINK element so far does not link up to content that can be displayed.

Value

Case-sensitive identifier when the frame or window name has been assigned via the target element’s NAME attribute. Four reserved target names act as constants:

_blank

Browser creates a new window for the destination document.

_parent

Destination document replaces the current frame’s framesetting document (if one exists; otherwise, it is treated as _self).

_self

Destination document replaces the current document in its window or frame.

_top

Destination document is to occupy the entire browser window, replacing any and all framesets that may be loaded (also treated as _self if there are no framesets defined in the window).

Default

_self

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