target attribute replacement in XHTML

[saroy71]

The target attribute in the <a> tag is no longer accepted in strict XHTML. Does anyone know how to tell a link to open in a different window? Also, how would I size this new window and make sure it doesn't have a scroll bar or toolbars when it opens? It's just for showing an enlarged picture from a thumbnail.

Thanks in advance. Education is what you get from reading the small print.
Experience is what you get from not reading it.

 

[LordSlayer]

use javascript something like

function openwindow()
{
window.open(&quot;URL&quot;,&quot;NAME&quot;,&quot;toolbar=yes,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=1000,height=700,top=0,left=0&quot
}

<a href=&quot;#&quot; onclick=&quot;openwindow()&quot;>

it should do the trick Don't take life to serious,
it isn't permanent, -LordSlayer

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[dunxd]

It isn't completely gone. They have kept the target attribute as part of modular XHTML:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/CR-xhtml-modularization-20001020/abstract_modules.html#s_targetmodule

Not really sure how you might implement this but if you are bothered to use XHTML-Strict, then you might be bothered to find out more about this modularisation stuff.

Sorry not to be more help than this.

Dunx