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target
attribute in the
<base>
tag in a document's head (see the
next
section, 11.7.3
).
_parent
This target causes the document to be loaded into the parent win-
dow or frameset containing the frame containing the reference. If
the reference is in a window or top-level frame, it is equivalent to
the target
_self
.
A brief example may help clarify how this hyperlink target works.
Consider a link in a frame that is part of a three-column frameset.
This frameset, in turn, is a row in the top-level frameset being
displayed in the browser window.
Figure 11-8
shows this arrange-
ment.
If no target is specified for the hyperlink, it is loaded into the con-
taining frame. If a target of
_parent
is specified, the document is
loaded into the area occupied by the three-column frameset con-
taining the frame that contains the link.
