Get anchor tag to open in new window

Question

Is there a way to get anchor tags to open in a new window instead of the current one?

    <a href="my_link">Link</a>

Answer 1

Set the target attribute to _blank.

You have no control over what sort of new "window" the browser will open it in. It might be an actual window, it might be a tab, it might be overridden and forced to the same window.

It is, however, a bad idea, so don't do it, really, please don't.