HTMLAnchorElement: target property

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This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The target property of the HTMLAnchorElement interface is a string that indicates where to display the linked resource.

It reflects the target attribute of the <a> element.

Value

A string representing the target. Its value can be:

The name of a <frame>.
One of the keyword with specific values: _blank, _self, _parent, or _top.

html

<a href="www.example1.com" class="link1" target="_blank">example1</a>

const link = document.querySelector(".link1");
console.log(link.target); // output: "_blank"

Specification
HTML> # dom-a-target>

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