Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

TARGET — NN all IE all HTML all

Synopsis

TARGET=”windowOrFrameName"

Optional

If the HTML document returned from the server after it processes the form submission is to be loaded into a window or frame other than the current window or frame, you can specify where the returned document should load by assigning a window or frame name to the TARGET attribute. Target frame names must be assigned to frames and windows as identifiers. Assign names to frames via the NAME attribute of the FRAME element; assign names to new windows via the second parameter of the window.open() scripting method. If you omit this attribute, the returned document replaces the document containing the FORM element. An identifier other than one belonging to an existing frame or window opens a new window for the returned document.

A FORM element can have only one returned document and one target. If you want a form submission to change the content of multiple frames, you can include a script in the returned document whose onLoad event handler loads or dynamically writes a document into a different frame. (Set the location.href property of each frame to a desired URL.)

Example

<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="http://www.giantco.com/cgi-bin/order" TARGET="new">
...
</FORM>

Value

Case-sensitive identifier when the frame or window name has been assigned via the target element’s NAME attribute. Four reserved target names act as constants:

_blank

Browser creates a new window for the destination document.

_parent

Destination document ...