HTMLAreaElement: 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 HTMLAreaElement
interface is a string that indicates where to display the linked resource.
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
<map name="image-map">
<area href="www.example.com" target="_top" alt="left" />
</map>
js
const areaElement = document.getElementsByName("image-map")[0].areas[0];
console.log(areaElement.target); // Output: "_top"
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTML # dom-area-target |
Browser compatibility
Report problems with this compatibility data on GitHubdesktop | mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
target |
Legend
Tip: you can click/tap on a cell for more information.
- Full support
- Full support
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
See also
HTMLBaseElement.target
propertyHTMLFormElement.target
propertyHTMLAnchorElement.target
property