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Re: Reason For Links Opening In New Window

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From: Rimantas Liubertas
Date: Jan 5, 2007 11:20AM

> Except that I've just tested it and (in FF2 at least) target = "blank" (no underscore) _does_
> force a new window, which is not how I remembered it working. In any case, steer clear of
> both.

Let's say you have two links with target="blank" attribute. Clicking
on the first will open new
window named 'blank'. If you then click on the second link then
destination will be opened in the window created by the first click.
On the other hand, several links with target="_blank" will open yet
another new window on each click. That's the difference.


Regards,
Rimantas
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