| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| Yes | HTML 2 |
| IE5.5+ | FF1+ | SA1.3+ | OP9.2+ | CH2+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
Syntax
target=" { _blank | frame name | _parent | _self | _top } "
Description
The
target attribute is deprecated, and, like the use
of frameset for layout purposes,
it’s no longer widely used. However, if you do find yourself having to
maintain a frameset-based web site, you may wish to present the results of
a form submission in a separate frame. For example, you might work with a
two-framed page that displays the search form in the
first frame and the search results in the second
frame, refreshing only the results frame each time the
form is submitted.
Example
Thistarget attribute instructs the browser to process
the form in a frame with a custom name of
"searchresults":<form action="search.php" method="post" target="searchresults"> <label for="txtsearch">Search for</label> <input type="text" name="txtsearch" id="txtsearch"/> <input type="submit" name="cmdSubmit" id="cmdSubmit" value="Search"/> </form>
Value
Possible values for this attribute include:
"_blank", which sends the results to a completely new window"frame-name", which sends the results to a frame with a custom name"_parent", which sends the results to the currentframe’s parentframeset"_self", which displays the form’s submission results in the same frame1"_top", which sends results to the top-levelframeset(in effect, the whole browser window), no matter how many nested levels down the hierarchy the currentframeis
Compatibility
| Internet Explorer | Firefox | Safari | Opera | Chrome | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.0 |
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
It causes no compatibility issues, and has excellent support across all tested browsers.
