How to open a hyperlink in another window or tab in HTML ?

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.

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<!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" 
            href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </a>
    </p>
</body>
  
</html>

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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.











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<!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"


            href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/"> 


            GeeksforGeeks 


        </a> 


    </p> 


</body> 


  


</html> 



















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Explanation: Here, rel=”noopener noreferrer” is used as a security measure.


Example 3: Opening an image hyperlink in a new window or tab.











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<!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"


                href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/"> 


                  


            <img src=Geeksforgeeks_image.jpg" alt=""


                    class="aligncenter" /> 


        </a> 


    </p> 


</body> 


  


</html> 



















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