How to make HTML open a hyperlink in another window or tab

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This is a line for a hyperlink in HTML    lt a href  http   www starfall com   gt Starfall lt  a gt    Thus  if I click on  Starfall  my browser - I am using FireFox - will take me to that new page and the contents of my window will change  I wonder  how can I do this in HTML so that the new page is opened in a new window instead of changing the previous one  Is there such a way in HTML    And if yes  is there a way to open the requested page in another tab  not another window  of my browser

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The target attribute is your best way of doing this    lt a href  http   www starfall com  target   blank  gt    will open it in a new tab or window  As for which  it depends on the users settings    lt a href  http   www starfall com  target   self  gt    is default  It makes the page open in the same tab  or iframe  if that s what you re dealing with   The next two are only good if you re dealing with an iframe    lt a href  http   www starfall com  target   parent  gt    will open the link in the iframe that the iframe that had the link was in    lt a href  http   www starfall com  target   top  gt    will open the link in the tab  no matter how many iframes it has to go through

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below example with target   blank  works for Safari and Mozilla   lt a href  http   www starfall com   target   blank   gt    Using target  new worked for Chrome   lt a href  http   www starfall com   target  new   gt

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lt a href  http   www starfall com   target   blank  gt Starfall lt  a gt    Whether it opens in a tab or another window though is up to how a user has configured her browser

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Since web is evolving quickly  some things changes with time  For security issues  you might want to use the rel  noopener  attribute in conjuncture with your target   blank    Like stated in Google Dev Documentation  the other page can access your window object with the window opener property  Your external link should looks like this now    lt a href  http   www starfall com   target   blank  rel  noopener  gt Starfall lt  a gt

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You should be able to add   target   blank    like   lt a href  http   www starfall com   target   blank  gt Starfall lt  a gt

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the target    blank is will open in new tab or windows based on browser setting    To force a new window use javascript onclick all three parts are needed  url  a name  and window width and height size or it will just open in a new tab     lt a onclick  window open  http   www starfall com    name   width 600 height 400    gt Starfall lt  a gt

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You can also accomplish this by adding the following to your page s header    lt base target   blank  gt    This will make ALL links on your page open in a new tab

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use target   blank    lt a target   blank  href  http   www starfall com   gt Starfall lt  a gt

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Simplest way is to add a target tag    lt a href  http   www starfall com   target  Starfall  gt Starfall lt  a gt    Use a different value for the target attribute for each link if you want them to open in different tabs  the same value for the target attribute if you want them to replace the other ones

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