Comments on: target=”_blank” XHTML replacement.

By: archatas

archatas — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:19:56 +0000

I would rather use window.open() instead of .attr(‘target’,’_blank’). I like the idea to use rel=”external”, but sometimes it might be useful to use class=”external” to show an icon next to the link.

BTW, popup blockers block those popups which are opened by other events than click.

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By: JFFortier

JFFortier — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:44:08 +0000

I never had any problems with pop-up blockers but I must admit I never did an extensive testing on all of them. However we can easily replace the bind() by .attr(‘target’,'_blank’). Actually, I’ll do that for now on.

By: Stephane

Stephane — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:37:07 +0000

@JFFortier: That’s a very clever technique. Never thought of it.

The only thing, I always fear using window.open thinking browsers might trigger this as being an unwanted popup, but never got around testing it everywhere. I guess you never had problem with it?

By: JFFortier

JFFortier — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:32:12 +0000

I’m not a big fan of opening pages in new windows. Most browsers allow me to control with a right click or a keyboard key where I want a link to open (either the same page, a new tab or a new window). Because most users don’t know about this feature, I feel obligated to code the opening of an external url in a new window so that they don’t quit my site. So using a technique like this is perfect; valid, semantic and clean. However, adding rel=”external” to all external links can be a lot of work and might not be possible using a cms wysiwyg. I use a similar technique:

var allowedDomains = [location.hostname, "myotherwebsite.com"];
$(“a[href^=http]:not(.internal)”)
.filter(function(el){
for ( var i=0; i -1 )
return false;
}
return true;
})
.bind(“click”, function(){ return !window.open(this.href); });

By: Michal

Michal — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:52:17 +0000

It`s a workaround to pass the validation. I`m always against such practices.

I use js to open new window and close it when needed. JS offers methods to do so and in my opinion there so no need to base on target deprecated attribute.