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.

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

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

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