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I'm messing around with jQuery and ran in to a problem I can't seem to solve. I know it's possible with jQuery, but can't find a proper example to work off of. I have a page with a couple regular links with the attribute/value target="_blank" added to it.
What's the best approach with jQuery/JavaScript to remove that value from every link on the page?
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target="_blank" is a special keyword that will open links in a new tab every time. target="blank" will open the first-clicked link in a new tab, but any future links that share target="blank" will open in that same newly-opened tab.
When you link to a page on another site using the target="_blank" attribute, you can expose your site to performance and security issues: The other page may run on the same process as your page. If the other page is running a lot of JavaScript, your page's performance may suffer.
There's A Security Reason For Not Using _BlankThe target=”_blank” link attribute is risky and opens a website to security and performance issues. Google's Web. dev page on the risks of using the _blank link attribute is summarized as such: “The other page may run on the same process as your page.
A target attribute with the value of “_blank” opens the linked document in a new window or tab.
This should do it with jQuery...
$('a[target="_blank"]').removeAttr('target');
With a modern browser...
Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('a[target="_blank"]'))
.forEach(link => link.removeAttribute('target'));
With an older browser such as earlier IEs...
var links = document.links, i, length;
for (i = 0, length = links.length; i < length; i++) {
links[i].target == '_blank' && links[i].removeAttribute('target');
}
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