target="_blank"

[0xC0000005]

Here's a link to a Google Earth map:

<!-- 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>

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?

[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

[0xC0000005]

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

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.

[PeejAvery]

Works for me.

[mmetzger]

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

[Xeel]

just to be sure, use this =):

//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>

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...