How do I specify <a href="..." target="_blank">...</a> in XHTML STRICT?

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  • Tony Marston
    #1

    How do I specify <a href="..." target="_blank">...</a> in XHTML STRICT?

    The code
    <a href="..." target="_blank" >...</a>
    will not validate as XHTML STRICT because of the 'target' tag, so how do I
    achieve the same result by moving it to a CSS file? I cannot find anything
    which allows me to specify 'target=' on an anchor tag.

    --
    Tony Marston

    Tony Marston's Web Site
    http://www.tonymarston.net
    This is Tony Marston's web site, containing personal information plus pages devoted to the Uniface 4GL development language, XML and XSL, PHP and MySQL, and a bit of COBOL




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    • Johannes Koch
      #2
      Re: How do I specify &lt;a href=&quot;...& quot; target=&quot;_b lank&quot;&gt;. ..&lt;/a&gt; in XHTMLSTRICT?

      Tony Marston wrote:[color=blue]
      > The code
      > <a href="..." target="_blank" >...</a>
      > will not validate as XHTML STRICT because of the 'target' tag, so how do I
      > achieve the same result by moving it to a CSS file?[/color]

      With CSS you can't. But why not use a Transitional document type if you
      want to use deprecated 'features'?
      --
      Johannes Koch
      In te domine speravi; non confundar in aeternum.
      (Te Deum, 4th cent.)

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        • Steve Pugh
          #3
          Re: How do I specify &lt;a href=&quot;...& quot; target=&quot;_b lank&quot;&gt;. ..&lt;/a&gt; in XHTML STRICT?

          "Tony Marston" <tony@NOSPAM.de mon.co.uk> wrote:
          [color=blue]
          >The code
          > <a href="..." target="_blank" >...</a>
          >will not validate as XHTML STRICT because of the 'target' tag,[/color]

          Doesn't validate in HTML 4.01 Strict either.
          [color=blue]
          >so how do I
          >achieve the same result by moving it to a CSS file?[/color]

          <a href="..." class="whatever ">...</a>

          a.whatever {target-name: new; target-new: window; target-position:
          above;}

          But that's CSS3 and isn't supported by anything at the moment, so
          instead you either use a Transitional doctype or use JavaScript
          instead. Or why not let your visitors choose to open a new window if
          they want to, rather than trying to decide for them?

          Steve

          --
          "My theories appal you, my heresies outrage you,
          I never answer letters and you don't like my tie." - The Doctor

          Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net > <http://steve.pugh.net/>

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            • Spartanicus
              #4
              Re: How do I specify &lt;a href=&quot;...& quot; target=&quot;_b lank&quot;&gt;. ..&lt;/a&gt; in XHTML STRICT?

              "Tony Marston" <tony@NOSPAM.de mon.co.uk> wrote:
              [color=blue]
              >The code
              > <a href="..." target="_blank" >...</a>[/color]

              Wrong group, crossposted and follow up set to
              comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html
              [color=blue]
              >will not validate as XHTML STRICT because of the 'target' tag[/color]

              Attribute.
              [color=blue]
              >, so how do I
              >achieve the same result by moving it to a CSS file?[/color]

              CSS is for presentation.
              [color=blue]
              >I cannot find anything
              >which allows me to specify 'target=' on an anchor tag.[/color]

              Good, leave opening new windows/tabs to the user.

              --
              Spartanicus

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                • Jamie
                  #5
                  Re: How do I specify &lt;a href=&quot;...& quot; target=&quot;_b lank&quot;&gt;. ..&lt;/a&gt; in XHTMLSTRICT?



                  Tony Marston wrote:
                  [color=blue]
                  > The code
                  > <a href="..." target="_blank" >...</a>
                  > will not validate as XHTML STRICT because of the 'target' tag, so how do I
                  > achieve the same result by moving it to a CSS file? I cannot find anything
                  > which allows me to specify 'target=' on an anchor tag.
                  >[/color]

                  Here's how:

                  Attention Required! | Cloudflare
                  http://www.sitepoint.com/article/1041


                  It requires Javascript, but the code seems pretty simple.

                  Jamie

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                    • David Dorward
                      #6
                      Re: How do I specify &lt;a href=&quot;...& quot; target=&quot;_b lank&quot;&gt;. ..&lt;/a&gt; in XHTML STRICT?

                      Tony Marston wrote:
                      [color=blue]
                      > The code
                      > <a href="..." target="_blank" >...</a>
                      > will not validate as XHTML STRICT because of the 'target' tag[/color]

                      Its an attribute, not a tag.

                      Either:

                      (1) Don't force new windows on visitors
                      (2) Use Transitional
                      (3) Use JavaScript


                      --
                      David Dorward <http://blog.dorward.me .uk/> <http://dorward.me.uk/>
                      Home is where the ~/.bashrc is

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                        • Tony Marston
                          #7
                          Re: How do I specify &lt;a href=&quot;...& quot; target=&quot;_b lank&quot;&gt;. ..&lt;/a&gt; in XHTML STRICT?

                          Thanks. I'll look into it.

                          --
                          Tony Marston

                          Tony Marston's Web Site
                          http://www.tonymarston.net
                          This is Tony Marston's web site, containing personal information plus pages devoted to the Uniface 4GL development language, XML and XSL, PHP and MySQL, and a bit of COBOL



                          "Jamie" <enzymatic2009@ yahoo.com> wrote in message
                          news:410FCFE4.8 080406@yahoo.co m...[color=blue]
                          >
                          >
                          > Tony Marston wrote:
                          >[color=green]
                          > > The code
                          > > <a href="..." target="_blank" >...</a>
                          > > will not validate as XHTML STRICT because of the 'target' tag, so how do[/color][/color]
                          I[color=blue][color=green]
                          > > achieve the same result by moving it to a CSS file? I cannot find[/color][/color]
                          anything[color=blue][color=green]
                          > > which allows me to specify 'target=' on an anchor tag.
                          > >[/color]
                          >
                          > Here's how:
                          >
                          > http://www.sitepoint.com/article/1041
                          >
                          > It requires Javascript, but the code seems pretty simple.
                          >
                          > Jamie[/color]


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