target blank vs target new

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What s the difference between  lt a target   new  gt  and  lt a target   blank  gt  and which should I use if I just want to open a link in a new tab window

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I know this is an old question and the correct answer, use _blank, has been mentioned several times, but using <a target="somesite.com" target="_blank">Link</a> is a security risk.

It is recommended (performance benefits) to use:

<a href="somesite.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link</a>

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The use of  New is useful when working on pages that are Iframed  Since target   blank  doesn t do the trick and opens the page on the same iframe    target new is the best solution for Iframe Pages  Just my five cents

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Caution - remember to always include the  quotes  - at least on Chrome  target  blank  no quotes  is NOT THE SAME as target   blank   with quotes    The latter opens each link in a new tab window   The former  missing quotes  opens the first link you click in one new tab window  then overwrites that same tab window with each subsequent link you click  that s named also with the missing quotes

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blank as a target value will spawn a new window every time    new will only spawn one new window      Also  every link clicked with a target value of  new will replace the page loaded in the previously spawned window   You can click here When to use  blank or  new to try it out for yourself

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target   blank  opens a new tab in most browsers

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TL DR  USE  blank  The target attribute specifies where to open the linked document   USAGE  target  xyz    don t forget double quotes    blank  Opens the linked document in a new window or tab  self   Opens the linked document in the same frame as it was clicked  this is default   parent     Opens the linked document in the parent frame  top    Opens the linked document in the full body of the window  framename   Opens the linked document in a named frame   SINCE   new  is not any of these IT WILL COME UNDER  framename  so if a user re-clicks on that hyperlink it will not open a new tab instead update the existing tab  Whereas in   blank if user clicks twice then 2 new tabs open

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it s my understanding that target   whatever will look for a frame window with that name  If not found  it will open up a new window with that name  If whatever      new   it will appear just as if you used  blank except       Using one of the reserved target names will bypass the  looking  phase   So  target     blank  on a dozen links will open up a dozen blank windows  but target   whatever on a dozen links will only open up one window  target     new  on a dozen links may give inconstant behavior   I haven t tried it on several browsers  but should only open up one window   At least this is how I interpret the rules

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The target attribute of a link forces the browser to open the destination page in a new browser window  Using  blank as a target value will spawn a new window every time while using  new will only spawn one new window and every link clicked with a target value of  new will replace the page loaded in the previously spawned window

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Use  quot  blank quot  According to the HTML5 Spec   A valid browsing context name is any string with at least one character that does not start with a U 005F LOW LINE character   Names starting with an underscore are reserved for special keywords   A valid browsing context name or keyword is any string that is either a valid browsing context name or that is an ASCII case-insensitive match for one of   blank   self   parent  or  top  quot  - Source  That means that there is no such keyword as  new in HTML5  and not in HTML4  and consequently XHTML  either  That means  that there will be no consistent behavior whatsoever if you use this as a value for the target attribute  Security recommendation As Daniel and Michael have pointed out in the comments  when using target  blank pointing to an untrusted website  you should  in addition  set rel  quot noopener quot   This prevents the opening site to mess with the opener via JavaScript  See this post for more information

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In order to open a link in a new tab window you ll use  lt a target   blank  gt    value  blank   targeted browsing context  a new one  tab or window depending on your browsing settings  value  new   not valid  no such value in HTML5 for target attribute on a element  target attribute with all its values on a element  video demo

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Using target   blank  will instruct the browser to create a new browser tab or window when the user clicks on the link   Using target   new  is technically invalid according to the specifications  but as far as I know every browser will behave the same way    it will search for a tab or window with the context name   new  if a   new  tab window is found  then the URL is loaded into it if it s not found  a new tab window is created with the context name   new   and the URL loaded into it   Note target   new  will behave exactly the same as target  new   and the latter is valid HTML while the former is invalid HTML   Adding some confusion to this  in HTML4 the target attribute was deprecated  In HTML5 this decision was reversed  and it is an official part of the spec once again  All browsers support target no matter what version of HTML you are using  but some validators will flag the use as deprecated if your doctype is HTML4

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This may have been asked before but    every link that specifies target   new  looks for and finds that window by name  and opens in it   If you use target   blank   a brand new window will be created each time  on top of the current window    from here  http   thedesignspace net MT2archives 000316 html

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