The formtarget Attribute

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The Low Down

The formtarget attribute enables overriding of the target attribute set in the <form> opening tag, giving the browsing context, or target, of the form response.

• The formtarget attribute specifies which window should be used to display the form response.
• Determines with window or frame the response will open in. “_self” is the default.
• Values can include “_blank”, “_self”, “_parent”, or “_top”, case-insensitive , or a name you create the name of a browsing context that doesn’t start with ‘_’.
• Valid as an attribute of elements that can submit a form, including <inputtype=submit> and <input type=image> and <button>.
• If the form is submitted via <input type=submit> and <input type=image> or <button> with a formtarget attribute set, that button’s formtarget attribute value overrides the target attribute of the <form>.