HTML DOM Anchor target Property

Last Updated : 02 Jan, 2024

The Anchor target Property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the value of the target attribute of a link. The Target attribute is used to specify where to open the link.

Syntax:

It returns the target property.
```
anchorObject.target
```

It is used to set the target property.

anchorObject.target = "_blank|_self|_parent|_top|framename"

Property Values:

Property Value	Description
_blank	It opens the link in a new window.
_self	It is the default value. It opens the linked document in the same frame.
_parent	It opens the linked document in the parent frameset.
_top	It opens the linked document in the full body of the window.
framename	It opens the linked document in the named frame.

Return Value: It returns a string value which represents the target of the linked document.

Example 1: This example returns the Anchor Target Property.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM Anchor target Property
    </title>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align: center;">
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
 
    <h2>DOM Anchor Target Property</h2>
 
    <p>Welcome to
        <a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/"
            id="GFG" target="_self">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </a>
    </p>
 
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
        Submit
    </button>
 
    <p id="sudo"></p>
 
    <!-- Script to return Anchor Target Property -->
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            let x = document.getElementById("GFG").target;
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = x;
        } 
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>

Output:

anchor-target

Example 2: This example sets the Anchor target Property.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM Anchor target Property
    </title>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align: center;">
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
 
    <h2>DOM Anchor Target Property</h2>
 
    <p>Welcome to
        <a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/"
            id="GFG" target="_self">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </a>
    </p>
 
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
        Submit
    </button>
 
    <p id="sudo"></p>
 
    <!-- Script to set Anchor Target Property -->
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            let x = document.getElementById("GFG")
                .target = "_blank";
 
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = 
            "The target attribute value changed to " + x;
        } 
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>