HTMLAreaElement: target property

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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.

It reflects the target attribute of the <area> element.

Value

A string representing the target. Its value can be:

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"

Specification

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