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Link coding help

Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
edited November 2006 in Help / Advice Forum
This is kind of a quick question, but I can't find anything on it (guessing I just don't know where to look).
Is there a way to code links in HTML/Flash/etc. that would cause them to open in a new tab for firefox users?
I know how to make them open in a new window, but the tab thing would be preferable if its possible.
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  • ProtoProto Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Captain Cthulhu wrote:
    This is kind of a quick question, but I can't find anything on it (guessing I just don't know where to look).
    Is there a way to code links in HTML/Flash/etc. that would cause them to open in a new tab for firefox users?
    I know how to make them open in a new window, but the tab thing would be preferable if its possible.
    Tanx.

    I believe the tabs are considered windows, so target='_blank' should work if the user has the 'open new windows as tabs' option on.

    In other words, no, there isn't anything you can do, it's user controlled.

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  • drinkinstoutdrinkinstout Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    currently no, it is not possible as it is a user decision and not all browsers use tabs. There are talks of adding it to CSS eventually BUT browsers are so far behind in their CSS implementation that I wouldn't count on it ever being there.

    Basically, if the user wants the link to open in a new tab, they can do it but all you can really specify is what the person above me wrote, and tell it to open in a new window under default conditions.

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  • eltowereltower Registered User new member
    edited November 2006
    I don't know if target=_blank is valid though!

    It really is up to the user. I have Firefox set to open target=_blank's in new tabs to make it less annoying, so that's a prime example of someone overriding ways to open a link.

    Plus, older browsers don't have tabs. I suppose it would make links incompatible with them, if there were a way to write 'Open in New Tab' directly into a tags.

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  • blincolnblincoln Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    I don't think it really makes sense to give web designers a way to force content to open in a new tab versus a new window. I hate tabs, myself. The current behaviour of the browser leaves it up to the user, which is the way it should be. And yes, target=_blank is valid, it has been since the olden days of Netscape.

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  • drinkinstoutdrinkinstout Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    yes, target="_blank" is valid code.

    here's some "official" infos: http://w3schools.com/tags/tag_a.asp

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