HTML | DOM Anchor target Property

Last Updated : 24 Oct, 2019

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:

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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>            