TARGET Attribute | target Property

Sets or retrieves the window or frame at which to target content.

What's New for Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6

As of Internet Explorer 6, the _media value of the v parameter of this property specifies that a linked document loads in the HTML content area of the Media Bar.

Syntax

HTML <ELEMENT TARGET = sTarget... >
Scripting object.target [ = sTarget ]

Possible Values

sTarget String that specifies or receives one of the following values.
name The name of the target window or frame.
_blank Load the linked document into a new blank window. This window is not named.
_media Load the linked document into the HTML content area of the Media Bar. Available in Internet Explorer 6 or later.
_parent Load the linked document into the immediate parent of the document the link is in.
_search Load the linked document into the browser search pane. Available in Internet Explorer 5 or later.
_self Default. Load the linked document into the window in which the link was clicked (the active window).
_top Load the linked document into the topmost window.
The property is read/write. The property has a default value of _self.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

If there is no existing window or frame with the same name as specified in the target, a new window is opened with a name equal to the value of the target.
The window name is an optional argument in the open scripting method.

Example

This example uses the TARGET attribute to specify a link that loads the page into the topmost frame of the current frameset.
<A HREF="newpage.htm" TARGET="_top">Go to New Page.</A>

Standards Information

This property is defined in HTML 4.0 and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

A, AREA, BASE, FORM, LINK