HTMLBaseElement: target property
Baseline
Widely available
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.
Value
A string representing the target. Its value can be:
- The name of a
<frame>. - One of the keyword with specific values:
_blank,_self,_parent, or_top.
Example
html
<head>
<base target="_top" />
</head>
js
const baseElement = document.getElementsByTagName("base")[0];
console.log(baseElement.target); // Output: '_top'
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML # dom-base-target |
Browser compatibility
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See also
HTMLAnchorElement.targetpropertyHTMLAreaElement.targetpropertyHTMLFormElement.targetproperty