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Posted by Gιrard Talbot on 04/26/07 12:01
dorayme wrote :
> In article <132vejlq39si63c@corp.supernews.com>,
> GΓ©rard Talbot <newsblahgroup@gtalbot.org> wrote:
>
>> El Kabong wrote :
>>> "ewijaya" <ewijaya@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1177504575.081075.36530@o40g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>>> 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 />
>>>>
>>> Add target="_blank" as in:
>>>
>>> <A HREF=../somepath/somehtml.html class=style1 target="_blank"> FOO
>>> </A><br><br />
>>>
>>> El
>> Not true. A target _blank will open an unnamed secondary window. Not a
>> tab.
>
> This is not quite true. Some browser preferences allow for a
> target="_blank" to open in a tab and some people have it so set
> up. My iCab, for example.
Well, that is your preference. A number of browsers now allow users to
override the target="_blank" attribute specification and/or target
attribute altogether that way, if set by the user. But the default
standard action (according to HTML 4) is to open an unnamed secondary
window.
GΓ©rard
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