4.2b1 toolbar goes blank

Jake Robb jakerobb at mac.com
Tue Feb 4 20:40:01 PST 2003


For the record, the proper syntax to open a new window is:

target="_blank"

Without the underscore, you're simply telling the browser to open a new
window and call it "blank".  This means that if you click two links with
that target, the second will load over the first (i.e. In the same window).

-Jake


Ward Clark wrote:

> Hi Brendan,
> 
> Thanks for the speedy response.
> 
>> This happens to me whenever a website address a nonexistent frame (and
>> spawns a new window)
>> <a href="foo.html" target="blank">.  If you cmd-click the link it will
>> open in a new window, and will have its tools.
> 
> Target="blank" does seem to consistently make the toolbar invisible.
> 
> Now that it's reproducible, it should be easy to fix.
> 
> -- Ward
> 
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