How to open link in new tab on html?

Question

I\'m working on an HTML project, and I can\'t find out how to open a link in a new tab without javascript.

I already know that

Answer 1

You could do it like this:

<a href="http://www.WEBSITE_NAME.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open</a>

Originally was:

<a href="http://www.WEBSITE_NAME.com"></a>

Also look at the following url on MDN for more information about security and privacy:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a#Security_and_privacy

which in turn has a link to a good article named Target="_blank" - the most underestimated vulnerability ever:

https://www.jitbit.com/alexblog/256-targetblank---the-most-underestimated-vulnerability-ever/

Answer 2

Set the 'target' attribute of the link to _blank:

<a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link</a>

Edit: for other examples, see here: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_a_target.asp

(Note: I previously suggested blank instead of _blank because, if used, it'll open a new tab and then use the same tab if the link is clicked again. However, this is only because, as GolezTrol pointed out, it refers to the name a of a frame/window, which would be set and used when the link is pressed again to open it in the same tab).

Security Consideration!

The rel="noopener noreferrer" is to prevent the newly opened tab from being able to modify the original tab maliciously. For more information about this vulnerability see these resources:

• https://dev.to/ben/the-targetblank-vulnerability-by-example
• https://support.detectify.com/support/solutions/articles/48001048981-external-links-using-target-blank-

Answer 3

Use one of these as per your requirements.

Open the linked document in a new window or tab:

 <a href="xyz.html" target="_blank"> Link </a>

Open the linked document in the same frame as it was clicked (this is default):

 <a href="xyz.html" target="_self"> Link </a>

Open the linked document in the parent frame:

 <a href="xyz.html" target="_parent"> Link </a>

Open the linked document in the full body of the window:

 <a href="xyz.html" target="_top"> Link </a>

Open the linked document in a named frame:

 <a href="xyz.html" target="framename"> Link </a>

See MDN

Answer 4

If anyone is looking out for using it to apply on the react then you can follow the code pattern given below. You have to add extra property which is rel.

<a href="mysite.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" >Click me to open in new Window</a>