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  1. 01-21-2007 02:48 AM #1
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    "target" replacement?

    Been working on getting a page xhtml valid. Here's the error:

    there is no attribute "target".

    ...this/is/the/url" target="_blank">
    Is there a valid xhtml attribute to open a link in a new window?
    #define TRUE FALSE
    //Happy debugging suckers
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  2. 01-21-2007 03:00 AM #2
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    Found it.

    Code:
     rel="external
    #define TRUE FALSE
    //Happy debugging suckers
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  3. 01-21-2007 03:06 AM #3
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    No, but a JavaScript solution is possible. You decide if this is cheating the Validator or not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dudsmack
    Found it.

    Code:
     rel="external
    That doesn't do the same as target.
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  5. 01-21-2007 04:37 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fang
    No, but a JavaScript solution is possible. You decide if this is cheating the Validator or not.
    It most certainly is cheating.
    From the HTML 4.01 Specification
    HTML documents are constrained to conform to the HTML DTD both before and after processing any SCRIPT elements.
    http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interac....html#h-18.2.4
    Use instead
    Code:
    <a href="http://www.w3.org/" onclick="window.open (this.href, 'child'); return false">W3C</a>
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  6. 01-21-2007 12:58 PM #6
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    Opening in a new window is a behaviour and not content which is why the target attribute has been removed.

    HTML for content
    CSS for appearance
    Javascript for behaviour

    Therefore the correct way to code something to open in a new window is using the javascript window.open command as Charles has indicated.
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  7. 01-22-2007 09:54 AM #7
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    The only problem with that is it's open to being stopped by popup blockers.
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  8. 01-22-2007 10:25 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by sincilite
    The only problem with that is it's open to being stopped by popup blockers.
    How is that different from any other method? My old blocker made no differentiation between windows opened with a target="_blank", window.open or any other method of opening a new window- it stopped them all.
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  9. 01-22-2007 10:29 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by sincilite
    The only problem with that is it's open to being stopped by popup blockers.
    That's not a problem it's a feature, and a welcome one at that.
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  10. 01-29-2007 08:56 AM #10
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    I am trying to use the "Multiple Users Prompt" to password protect my private family trees from within a frame of the Genopro html report but can't get the link to open in a new window with the usual "target=_blank" as I always get errors on the page and the frame in Genopro is not appropriate for a new tree. This is the full script :-
    <head>
    <!-- Begin
    function LogIn(){
    loggedin=false;
    username="";
    password="";
    username=prompt("Username:","");
    username=username.toLowerCase();
    password=prompt("Password:","");
    password=password.toLowerCase();
    if (username=="guest" && password=="login") {
    loggedin=true;
    window.location="home-page.html";
    }
    if (username=="guest2" && password=="login2") {
    loggedin=true;
    window.location="home-page2.html";
    }
    if (loggedin==false) {
    alert("Invalid login!");
    }
    }
    // End -->
    </SCRIPT>
    </head>
    <body>
    <center>
    <form><input type=button value="Login!" onClick="LogIn()"></form>
    </center>

    <p><center>
    <font face="arial, helvetica" size="-2">Free JavaScripts provided<br>
    by <a href="http://javascriptsource.com">The JavaScript Source</a></font>
    </center><p>

    <!-- Script Size: 1.29 KB -->
    </body>
    Please can anyone help ?
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