Get all <a> elements in a page using javascript

Question

Is there anyway I can get all of the <a> in a page, I want to apply a new targets to all of them.

Answer 1

If I recall correctly, the prototype library has something like this...

Answer 2

if you're using jQuery:

$("a").attr("target","_blank")

Answer 3

You can use

document.links

or in jQuery

$('a')

or in DOM

document.getElementsByTagName('a')

Answer 4

I believe this will do what you need:

document.getElementsByTagName("A");

Answer 5

Using purely Javascript DOM:

var links = document.getElementsByTagName("a");

You can check out reference at: http://www.javascriptkit.com/domref/elementmethods.shtml