How to open link in a new tab in HTML?

Question

I'm working on an HTML project, and I can't find out how to open a link in a new tab without JavaScript.

I already know that <a href="http://www.WEBSITE_NAME.com"></a> opens the link in the same tab. Any ideas how to make it open in a new one?

Answer 1

Set the target attribute of the link to _blank:

<a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link</a> 

For other examples, see here: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_a_target.asp

---

Note

I previously suggested blank instead of _blank because, if used, it'll open a new tab and then use the same tab if the link is clicked again. However, this is only because, as GolezTrol pointed out, it refers to the name a of a frame/window, which would be set and used when the link is pressed again to open it in the same tab.

---

Security Consideration!

The rel="noopener noreferrer" is to prevent the newly opened tab from being able to modify the original tab maliciously. For more information about this vulnerability read the following articles:

• The target="_blank" vulnerability by example
• External Links using target='_blank'

Answer 2

Use one of these as per your requirements.

Open the linked document in a new window or tab:

 <a href="xyz.html" target="_blank"> Link </a> 

Open the linked document in the same frame as it was clicked (this is default):

 <a href="xyz.html" target="_self"> Link </a> 

Open the linked document in the parent frame:

 <a href="xyz.html" target="_parent"> Link </a> 

Open the linked document in the full body of the window:

 <a href="xyz.html" target="_top"> Link </a> 

Open the linked document in a named frame:

 <a href="xyz.html" target="framename"> Link </a> 

See MDN