Posted by Adrienne Boswell on 04/26/07 02:21

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed ewijaya <ewijaya@gmail.com>
writing in news:1177504575.081075.36530@o40g2000prh.googlegroups.com:

> Dear expert,
>
> Usually, when we click on "FOO" on html below,
> the page will open on the current "tab" or "window"
>
>
><A HREF=../somepath/somehtml.html class=style1> FOO </A><br><br />
>
> How can we "force" the link openable in new browser tab/windows by
> default?
>
> I know we can right click the link in with our browser to select where
> to open
> it (e.g in Firefox browser), but I would like to make it default open
> in NEW Tab.
>

As others have said, you cannot force that. However, what you _CAN_ do
is offer some sort of instructions eg:
<p>If you would like to see these links in a new tab or window, consult
your browser's documentation...</p>

You see, there are people like me who use mouse gestures, and therefore
never look up at the menu bar. I just gesture until I a) figure out
there is no back button or b) I just get pissed off and close the
window/tab and the offending web site that did it in the first place.
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