target="_blank"

Here's a link to a Google Earth map:

HTML Code:

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<!-- The full link (code supplied by Google)-->
<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=merwin+ave,+cleveland+ohio&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=49.71116,59.414063&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=41.488171,-81.685696&amp;panoid=7Q2mWLjC1OLCkHJCCpdbeQ&amp;cbp=1,256.01868693765914,,0,8.188362819652383&amp;ll=41.504271,-81.706095&amp;spn=0.005786,0.007253&amp;z=14&amp;source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left" target="_blank">View Larger Map</a>

<!-- Some things <.CUT.> for readability -->
<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?<.CUT.>;source=embed" style="<.CUT>" target="_blank">View Larger Map</a>

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The target="_blank" did not exist in the original code supplied by Google. I added it because I want this link to open in a new window - but it doesn't - it opens in the same window. Why? How can I fix it?

strange... I've tested the code with target="_blank" and it always opens in a new window in almost any browser. Without it, the link opens as configured in web browser by default (if none is set - it's the same window)

Just tested in: Firefox 3.0.1, Opera 9.52, Google Chrome 0.2.149.29, Internet Explorer 7.0.6001.18000, Safari 3.1.2, Flock 1.2

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Originally Posted by Xeel

strange... I've tested the code with target="_blank" and it always opens in a new window in almost any browser. Without it, the link opens as configured in web browser by default (if none is set - it's the same window)

Just tested in: Firefox 3.0.1, Opera 9.52, Google Chrome 0.2.149.29, Internet Explorer 7.0.6001.18000, Safari 3.1.2, Flock 1.2

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Are you saying you tested the actual code I provided and it did work correctly? It doesn't work for me in either Firefox 3.0.1 or IE 6.0.2900.2180.

Works for me.

Your link works exactly as expected for me on Firefox 3 and Safari 3 on a Mac.

just to be sure, use this =):

HTML Code:

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//add this to your default attached js
function targetBlank(url){
  window.open(url, '_blank', 'menubar=yes, toolbar=yes, location=yes, directories=yes, fullscreen=no, titlebar=yes, hotkeys=yes, status=yes, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');
}

//then you just use this method instead of target="_blank"

<a href="#" style="..." onclick="targetBlank('http://maps.google.com/maps...')">View Larger Map</a>

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Don't tell me this does not work either.

Btw, I was going to write an article on some related subject. It's supposed that XHTML standard doesn't have target attribute for <a>. From the moment I saw this I've been wondering how we should avoid it if we want both: be able to open a new browser window, and our websites to correspond WCAG-AAA, where it's said our web pages should work without js. Actually what I understood was that WCAG-AAA is a perfect standard for text web browsers...

This is not flud, I'm just thinking aloud... :D