HTML | DOM Anchor target Property

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 specified 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:

_blank: It opens the link in a new window.
_self: 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.

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
  
<head>  
    <title>  
        HTML DOM Anchor target Property  
    </title>  
</head>  
      
<body>  
    <center>  
        <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>  
          
        <h2>DOM Anchor Target Property</h2>  
          
        <p>Welcome to  
            <a href =  
"https://manaschhabra:manaschhabra499@www.geeksforgeeks.org/" 
            id="GFG" target= "_self">  
                GeeksforGeeks  
            </a>  
        </p>  
          
        <button onclick = "myGeeks()">Submit</button>  
          
        <p id = "sudo" style="color:green;font-size:25px;"></p>  
          
        <!-- Script to return Anchor Target Property -->
        <script>  
            function myGeeks() {  
                var x = document.getElementById("GFG").target;  
                document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = x;  
            }  
        </script> 
    </center>  
</body>  
  
</html> 

Output:
Before Clicking on Button:

After Clicking on Button:

Example 2: This example sets the Anchor target Property.

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
  
<head>  
    <title>  
        HTML DOM Anchor target Property  
    </title>  
</head>  
      
<body>  
    <center>  
        <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>  
          
        <h2>DOM Anchor Target Property</h2>  
          
        <p>Welcome to  
            <a href =  
"https://manaschhabra:manaschhabra499@www.geeksforgeeks.org/"
            id="GFG" target= "_self">  
                GeeksforGeeks  
            </a>  
        </p>  
          
        <button onclick = "myGeeks()">Submit</button>  
          
        <p id = "sudo" style="color:green;font-size:25px;"></p>  
          
        <!-- Script to set Anchor Target Property -->
        <script>  
            function myGeeks() {  
                var x = document.getElementById("GFG").target 
                        = "_blank";  
                          
                document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML 
                        = "The value of the target attribute " 
                        + "was changed to " + x;  
            }  
        </script> 
    </center>  
</body>  
  
</html>             

Output:
Before Clicking on Button:

After Clickling on Button:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by DOM Anchor Target property are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer 10.0 +
Firefox
Opera
Safari

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