Css to open link in new window

HTML Links

Links are found in nearly all web pages. Links allow users to click their way from page to page.

HTML Links — Hyperlinks

HTML links are hyperlinks.

You can click on a link and jump to another document.

When you move the mouse over a link, the mouse arrow will turn into a little hand.

Note: A link does not have to be text. A link can be an image or any other HTML element!

HTML Links — Syntax

The link text is the part that will be visible to the reader.

Clicking on the link text, will send the reader to the specified URL address.

Example

This example shows how to create a link to W3Schools.com:

By default, links will appear as follows in all browsers:

• An unvisited link is underlined and blue
• A visited link is underlined and purple
• An active link is underlined and red

Tip: Links can of course be styled with CSS, to get another look!

HTML Links — The target Attribute

By default, the linked page will be displayed in the current browser window. To change this, you must specify another target for the link.

The target attribute specifies where to open the linked document.

The target attribute can have one of the following values:

• _self — Default. Opens the document in the same window/tab as it was clicked
• _blank — Opens the document in a new window or tab
• _parent — Opens the document in the parent frame
• _top — Opens the document in the full body of the window

Example

Use target=»_blank» to open the linked document in a new browser window or tab:

Absolute URLs vs. Relative URLs

Both examples above are using an absolute URL (a full web address) in the href attribute.

A local link (a link to a page within the same website) is specified with a relative URL (without the «https://www» part):

Example

Absolute URLs

W3C

Google

Relative URLs

HTML Images

CSS Tutorial

HTML Links — Use an Image as a Link

To use an image as a link, just put the tag inside the tag:

Example

Link to an Email Address

Use mailto: inside the href attribute to create a link that opens the user’s email program (to let them send a new email):

Example

Button as a Link

To use an HTML button as a link, you have to add some JavaScript code.

JavaScript allows you to specify what happens at certain events, such as a click of a button:

Example

Tip: Learn more about JavaScript in our JavaScript Tutorial.

Link Titles

The title attribute specifies extra information about an element. The information is most often shown as a tooltip text when the mouse moves over the element.

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Comments

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Hi, Using the second approach opens the href in my current (parent) window too. i.e. my current window and new window both points to href value. I don’t want my parent window to be changed

My purpose was to open a link in new window, i tried this, but my parent window(which has link) becomes blank when i click on the link.

Target-blank is not strict xhtml (it might be considered as behaviour that should not be placed in the mark-up) and it can make people angry when used on every link, especially the internal ones. But sometimes it can be useful, if there’s an external link among many internal links.
Personally I prefer to use CSS-Content to set a “(ext)” behind those links via auto-detection (attr).

I’d say it’s a bad practice. Because if I want to open link in new window, jsut press shift+mouse key. Or middle button (to open in new tab).

I’d say it’s the best practice to use target=”_blank”, because it simply works.
There are people who don’t know that you can press the middle mouse button or other shortcuts. Nobody will see it at the end. Why should I not break the rule on this point?

I think this article is misleading, it clearly states that target=”_blank” is invalid which isn’t true. It’s perfectly valid in both HTML5 and XHTML 1.0 Transitional. It’s only invalid in the strict DTD, but who uses that?
There’s no real reason not to use the target attribute, every browser supports it and will support it for the foreseeable future. And besides, why use JavaScript for something that the browser can do natively?

This sort of thing should br strongly discouraged. Only ever should a website had a teeny tiny sprinkle of target=»_blank» atop its icing. It is entirely the user’s choice as to whether they want another tab/window opened or not. It doesn’t matter if some users don’t know how to click with the middle-button; who are we to force new tabs upon those who do know how to open links in new tabs for the sake of the few ignorant users out there. I’ve come across quite a few websites where links open in new tabs when they just shouldn’t and it’s frustrating, because I wanted the link to open in the current tab. Leave target=»blank» alone unless you absolutely need it.

There actually IS a need for links to open in a new windows… sometimes. I am designing and coding a site which collects data from users which requires them to upload files (images and pdf documents). The overall process involves employees filling out a form and then uploading receipt scans/images for reimbursement. This needs to be viewed by an admin intranet site within the office. I have a nice page displaying the claim in a cute form, easily printable if required, and links to the relevant file uploads. I don’t want those links to take over the parent window. They are additional info to the data displayed in the parent window, so they are required to open in a new window or tab (based on browser preference settings) while leaving the parent windows alone. Frequently both windows will be examined and compared together. Hard to do if only one is open at a time! And no, our accounts team are not IT knowledgeable enough to recognise how/when to choose to open a link in a new windows. They expect it done for them. And quite rightly so too. Having said that, this is a rare case and I would not normally utilise this in any other way or for any other reason. It bothers me that using target=”_blank” is not acceptable in strict html5 mode. I always code my html/css/php to perfect strict acceptance levels. Well…. I did until now. This is the exception. :/

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How to Use HTML to Open a Link in a New Tab

Kris Koishigawa

Tabs are great, aren’t they? They allow the multitasker in all of us to juggle a bunch of online tasks at the same time.

Tabs are so common now that, when you click on a link, it’s likely it’ll open in a new tab.

If you’ve ever wondered how to do that with your own links, you’ve come to the right place.

The Anchor Element

If you click on the link above, the browser will open the link in the current window or tab. This is the default behavior in every browser.

To open a link in a new tab, we’ll need to look at some of the other attributes of the anchor element’s other attributes.

The Target Attribute

This attribute tells the browser how to open the link.

To open a link in a new tab, just set the target attribute to _blank :

Now when someone clicks on the link, it will open up in a new tab, or possibly a new window depending on the person’s browser settings.

Security concerns with target=»_blank»

I strongly recommend that you always add rel=»noreferrer noopener» to the anchor element whenever you use the target attribute:

This results in the following output:

The rel attribute sets the relationship between your page and the linked URL. Setting it to noopener noreferrer is to prevent a type of phishing known as tabnabbing.

What is tabnabbing?

Tabnabbing, sometimes called reverse tabnabbing, is an exploit that uses the browser’s default behavior with target=»_blank» to gain partial access to your page through the window.object API.

With tabnabbing, a page that you link to could cause your page to redirect to a fake login page. This would be hard for most users to notice because the focus would be on the tab that just opened – not the original tab with your page.

Then when a person switches back to the tab with your page, they would see the fake login page instead and might enter their login details.

If you’re interested in learning more about how tabnabbing works and what bad actors can do with the exploit, check out Alex Yumashev’s article and this one by OWASP.

If you’d like to see a safe working example, check out this page and its GitHub repo for more information about the exploit and the rel attribute.

In summary

It’s easy to use HTML to open a link in a new tab. You just need an anchor ( ) element with three important attributes:

1. The href attribute set to the URL of the page you want to link to,
2. The target attribute set to _blank , which tells the browser to open the link in a new tab/window, depending on the browser’s settings, and
3. The rel attribute set to noreferrer noopener to prevent possible malicious attacks from the pages you link to.

Again, here’s a full working example:

Which results in the following output in the browser:

Thanks again for reading. Happy coding.

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