There are various methods of opening a hyperlink in another window or tab such as using javaScript, jQuery or HTML. For opening a hyperlink in another window or tab using HTML, use target attribute and provide it value _blank in the anchor tab.
Syntax:
<a target="target_name" rel="relation_name" href="link">Link Name</a>
Here, rel attribute is used to describe the relation between current document and linked document and target attribute is used to specify the target link.
Example 1: This eample opening a hyperlink in a new window or tab.
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title > Open hyperlink in a new window or tab </ title > </ head > < body > < p >A computer science portal for geeks < a target = "_blank" GeeksforGeeks </ a > </ p > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Explanation: Here, target=”_blank” is used to open hyperlink in a new window or tab.
Example 2: Opening a hyperlink in a new window or tab using security measure.
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title > Open hyperlink in a new window or tab </ title > </ head > < body > < p >A computer science portal for geeks < a target = "_blank" rel = "noopener noreferrer" GeeksforGeeks </ a > </ p > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Explanation: Here, rel=”noopener noreferrer” is used as a security measure.
Example 3: Opening an image hyperlink in a new window or tab.
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title > Open hyperlink in a new window or tab </ title > </ head > < body > < p >A computer science portal for geeks < a target = "_blank" rel = "noopener noreferrer" < img src = Geeksforgeeks_image .jpg" alt = "" class = "aligncenter" /> </ a > </ p > </ body > </ html > |
Output: