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HtmlAnchor.Target Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets or sets the name of the browser window or frame that displays the contents of the Web page that is linked to when the HtmlAnchor control is clicked.

public:
 property System::String ^ Target { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
public string Target { get; set; }
member this.Target : string with get, set
Public Property Target As String

Property Value

String

The browser window or frame that displays the contents of the Web page linked to when the HtmlAnchor is clicked. The default is an empty string ("").

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Target property to display the page that is navigated to when the HtmlAnchor control is clicked in a new, unframed window.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head runat="server">
        <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
    </head>
    <body>
      <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
  
         <a href="http://www.microsoft.com"
            title="Open Microsoft site in a new window"
            target="_blank" 
            runat="server"> Enter site.</a>
  
       </form>
     </body>
 
 </html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head runat="server">
        <title>ASP.NET Sample</title>
    </head>
   
    <body>
      <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
  
         <a href="http://www.microsoft.com"
            target="_blank" 
            title="Open Microsoft.com site in a new window"
            runat="server"> Enter site.</a>
  
       </form>
     </body>
 
 </html>

Remarks

Use the Target property to specify the target window or frame that displays the contents of the Web page that is linked to when the HtmlAnchor control is clicked.

Note

The Target property renders as a target attribute. The target attribute on a elements is not allowed in the XHTML 1.1 document type definition. Do not set the Target property if the rendered output for the HtmlAnchor must be compliant with XHTML 1.1. For more information, see XHTML Standards in Visual Studio and ASP.NET.

When creating accessible Web pages, avoid using the Target property to target another window. For more information, see ASP.NET Accessibility.

The Target value must begin with a letter in the range of A to Z (case-insensitive), except for the following special values, which begin with an underscore.

Target value Description
_blank Renders the content in a new window without frames.
_parent Renders the content in the immediate frameset parent.
_search Renders the content in the search pane.
_self Renders the content in the frame with focus.
_top Renders the content in the full window without frames.

Note

Check your browser documentation to determine if the _search value is supported. For example, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and later support the _search target value.

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