how to get hyperlink to open blank target if noscript

needsomehelp · 11-21-2012, 12:46 PM

I have a hyperlink that would normally open a photo album script using the onclick, but if JS is turned off I would like the link to open the image in a blank page and not in the same window, for the visitor to close it not knowing that it was in the same window, therefore losing the visitor.

What method could I do this in?

I tried to add it in like so, but it did not work, and only shows all the hyperlink code in the page instead.

Code:

<a <noscript>target="_blank" </noscript>href="images/<? echo($imageFile); ?>" class="highslide" onclick="return hs.expand(this)">

coothead · 11-21-2012, 01:13 PM

Hi there needsomehelp,

there is no need to use the "noscript element".

If javascript is disabled the link will work as normal.

Here is an example for you to test my assertion...

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="language" content="english"> 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript">

<title>javascript or no javascript</title>

<script type="text/javascript">

function init(){
document.getElementById('mylink').onclick=function() {
   expand(this);
   return false;
  }
 }
function expand(obj){
   alert('this is javascript and the "this" is...\n\n' +obj);
 }
   window.addEventListener?
   window.addEventListener('load',init,false):
   window.attachEvent('onload',init);
</script>

</head>
<body>

<div>
<a id="mylink" href="http://www.coothead.co.uk/images/blood.jpg" target="blank">Do javascript or don't do javascript</a>
</div>

</body>
</html>

coothead

VIPStephan · 11-21-2012, 01:21 PM

To expand on this: Using progressive enhancement you would have the default behavior of the link to open in a new window and remove that behavior with JavaScript.

rodevin · 11-21-2012, 01:52 PM

thanks