On 20 Aug 98, Suzanne wrote:
> This is the only frames page in the
> site. All others are non-frames and should open in a full window.
>
> What is the proper syntax for the "top" ? Is it target="_top" or
> target="top". My browsers seem to have differing opinions about it.
The correct syntax is "_top", which is one of the reserved words for
referencing windows within framesets. "top" without the underscore will be
interpreted by the browser as either a user-selected window name, or as
a slightly faulty rendering of a reserved name, or possibly both. Which
would fry its wee digital brain quick enough, I guess. On my system (NS
4.05 Win95) the pages do load in a new window, BTW; Netscape appears
to be looking for a window named "top", not finding it, and thus loading a
new window for lack of anything better to do.
Here's the word from Stephen LeHunte's excellent "HTML Reference
Library":
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Several reserved names have been defined, which start with an
underscore. These are currently:
_blank Always load this link into a new, unnamed window.
_self Always load this link over yourself.
_parent Always load this link over your parent. (becomes self if you have
no parent).
_top Always load this link at the top level. (becomes self if you are at
the top).
NOTE : Although these are reserved names for the NAME attribute of the
<FRAME> element, they should only be referred to using an Anchor
Target. That is, used to target specific windows, allowing smoother
transition between framed documents and between framed and normal
documents.
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