This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The target property of the HTMLBaseElement interface is a string that represents the default target tab to show the resulting output for hyperlinks and form elements.
It reflects the target attribute of the <base> element.
A string representing the target. Its value can be:
<frame>._blank, _self, _parent, or _top.<head> <base target="_top" /> </head>
const baseElement = document.getElementsByTagName("base")[0];
console.log(baseElement.target); // Output: '_top'
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-base-target> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
target |
1 | 12 | 1 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 1 |
HTMLAnchorElement.target propertyHTMLAreaElement.target propertyHTMLFormElement.target property
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLBaseElement/target