TARGET Attribute | target Property

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

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 Scripting

< ELEMENT TARGET = sTarget ... >

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.

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

Platform Version

Win16:
Win32:
Windows CE:
Unix:
Mac:

A , AREA , BASE , FORM , LINK

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