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:
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It returns the target property.
anchorObject.target
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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.
<!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
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 >
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Output:
Example 2: This example sets the Anchor target Property.
<!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
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 >
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Output:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer 10.0 +
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari