Can this be done?

Is there a way using only css to force all links on a page to open in a new
window?

a {target: new;} doesn't work. I'm working on an app where I can't get
directly to the "a" tags but I can get to the stylesheet to redefine the "a"
tag.

Thanks
mark

CSS is for presentation only, so I don't think you can set the link target with
CSS. I'm pretty sure :target is a pseudo-class, but I wouldn't know how to use
it.

This shouldn't work, but does in IE. Won't work anywhere else because only IE
recognizes "expression".
a {
target:expression(this.target='_blank');
}

Hi Mark,

There's no way I know of with CSS, but you could probably do it with some
JavaScript. The first possible solution that comes to mind is getting an
array of all <a> tags as objects. Then you'd loop through them, setting the
target attribute to _blank.

Hoop that's enough to get you started! Good luck...

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"Mark Morse" <mark.morse (AT) sanmina-sci (DOT) com> wrote

Is there a way using only css to force all links on a page to open in a
new
window?

a {target: new;} doesn't work. I'm working on an app where I can't get
directly to the "a" tags but I can get to the stylesheet to redefine the
"a"
tag.

Thanks
mark

.oO(cmbergin)

CSS is for presentation only, so I don't think you can set the link target with
CSS. I'm pretty sure :target is a pseudo-class, but I wouldn't know how to use
it.

:target is a pseudo-class in CSS3, but that's not what the OP wants.

6.6.2 The target pseudo-class :target
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/CR-css3-selectors-20011113/#target-pseudo

Micha