target attribute

[dabbler]

How do I get a link to open in a new window using XHTML Strict where the "target" attribute is not allowed?

I suppose I could go back to transitional, but I would like to use strict if I could. I have an small image which is a link to a larger version of the image, and I want it to open in a new window, without Javascript etc.

Any help please?

[animgirl]

Hey,

I use strict on my page and throw in a chunk of Javascript like this:<a href="http://www.example.com/" onclick="window.open('http://www.example.com/','_blank');
return false;">Example Link</a>

But you said you didn't want to use Javascript.
There are also some other alernatives on this site (http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/834/rating/).

animgirl

[dabbler]

Thanks, Animgirl, for the help.

I suppose I'll use the Javascript solution, at least for now, - I don't really want to fall back on Transitional.

I know it wasn't the most basic of questions, but I still consider myself a newbie, so........

[dreuby]

Why isn't "target" allowed in strict? I would have thought it was something most web builders would want to use quite often.

[cbkihong]

The W3C believes the target attribute is biased towards specific media (that is, GUI browsers) and thus not "accessible" enough.