Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

target — NN n/a IE 4 DOM n/a

Synopsis

Read/Write

The name of the window or frame that is to receive content as the result of navigating to a link or any other action on the page that loads a new document. Such names are assigned to frames by the FRAME element’s NAME attribute; for subwindows, the name is assigned via the second parameter of the window.open( ) method. If you are scripting the navigation of another window or frame, use the window or frame name in a statement that assigns a new URL to the location.href property (frameName .location.href = " newURL ").

Example

document.all.myBase.target = "_top"

Value

String value of the window or frame name, or any of the following constants (as a string): _parent | _self | _top | _blank. The _parent value targets the frameset to which the current document belongs; the _self value targets the current window; the _top value targets the main browser window, thereby eliminating all frames; and the _blank value creates a new window of default size.

Default

_self