[wp-hackers] XHTML Strict compliant replacement for target=_new

[Robert Deaton]

I think, before going off on tangents about Javascript breaking the
middle click, you should try it, and you'll soon find out that it
works fine, because the href="" value isn't javascript:somecrap(), its
all done via the DOM.

On 10/21/05, Jason Bainbridge <jbainbridge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/20/05, Geoffrey Lane <geoff at zorched.net> wrote:
> > Hi, I'm new to the list and new to WordPress (just got it yesterday, and
> > I think it's great so far).
> >
> > One issue I had with adding sidebar links was the target=_new not being
> > compliant with XHTML Strict. There's an easy way to emulate that
> > behavior with an onclick event:
> >
> > onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;"
>
> Firstly I think the whole target=_new thing is a pain to begin with,
> if I want to open a link in a new window I'll middle click on it thank
> you very much and if the damned link uses Javascript and the middle
> click fails then more often then not I just won't follow the link.
>
> For this reason along with not wanting Javascript to be a requirement
> just for a visitor to click a link then I don't think this is a good
> solution so my vote goes for either scrapping the target=_new all
> together or if it must stay then implementing the alternative
> rel="external" solution posted in a later post.
>
> Regards,
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> Jason Bainbridge
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