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On 5/3/07, Neil Winchurst <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have started writing a little HTML code, so I am still new to it. I > can include a link to a URL, that's easy. Most browser have tabs > nowadays. I am wondering if it is possible to make the link open up in > a new tab, if the browser supports them. > > I have been searching around but so far no luck. Can anyone point me in > the right direction please? Hello Neil, There is no such thing in HTML, for the simple reason that (the 'current' version of) HTML already was there when browsers started using tabs. Or at least when they became popular. There might be a solution using JavaScript -which is what Tom pointed at- but if you've just started learning HTML, I wouldn't bother with that (yet). Unless you really need to, of course. It might also be wise to consider whether you want to decide for visitors of your site where they open new links. I middle-click a link (in Firefox) to open it in a new tab and left-click to open it in the current one. Whatever I want depends on what I need the link for, how many tabs I have already opened and what the weather is like outside. There is, by the way, a way to let links open in new windows, by writing <a href="http://www.dcglug.org.uk/"; target="_blank">a link like this</a> and some browsers are set so that these links actually open in a new tab. But again, would you want to decide this for your visitors? I hope this helps a bit. Good luck with the HTML. :) Martijn -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html