Names and Targets

NAMES

You can assign NAMES to individual frames so they can be targeted by URLs. You can also use a set of special reserved NAMES that allow you to:

• Load a URL into an entirely new Navigator window
• Load a URL into the frame from which that URL came (Load a frame onto itself)
• Load a URL that gets rid of the existing frames and takes up the whole region
• Load a URL that loads over the region covered by the parent document

These NAMES are:

_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. (It becomes self if you have no parent.)

_top --> Always load this link at the top level. (It becomes self if you are at the top.)

All other names starting with '_' are ignored.

TARGETS

Links in any window can refer to another window by name using the TARGET attribute. When you click the link, the document you requested will appear in that named window. If the window is not already open, Netscape will open and name a new window for you.

The syntax for the targeted window is:

<A HREF="url.html" TARGET="window_name"> Click here and open a New Window </A>

A new BASE tag allows you to pick a default-named target window for every link in a document that does not have an explicit TARGET attribute. Its format is:

<BASE TARGET="default_target">

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