Anchor tags and target behaviour? - HTML

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Anchor tags and target behaviour? - HTML

Hi folks,

I must say that despite this being a newb question, I don't think I have totally mastered HTML a tags.

Whenever I want to open a link in a new tab I add target="_blank", works fine in chrome and firefox. Not in IE7-8.

I think the behaviour might have something to do with the DOCTYPE, but I'm not entirely sure. I'm currently using HTML 4.01 Strict.

Right now what I am trying to understand is:

How to open links in new tabs in IE7-8
How to open links within small windows

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Help would be very much appreciated! :)

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target attribute for links is not part of HTML 4.01 Strict. Generally speaking, opening new windows is considered bad usability. See also another question. To control window's size, you need to use window.open().

jholster 2010-03-27 20:18:02

@Yaggo: opening new windows or new tabs? I can't get to open new tabs within IE, is this normal? Btw thank you very much for your answer

RadiantHex 2010-03-27 23:23:17

Tab or window, doesn't matter. Let the user control how links open and use absolute positioned divs or similar for popup functionality.

jholster 2010-03-27 23:43:41

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