target="_parent" is opening in a new tab

Question

I have a link inside an iframe that I want to go to the parent window. I set the target to _parent, but it opens in an entirely new tab, instead of in the parent page.

<iframe>
    <a href="" target="_parent">go to parent window!</a>
</iframe>

This is in JSFiddle, so I thought maybe they were intentionally blocking target="_parent", but I can't see how.

Here's the link to the JSFiddle. Click on the button that says "Continue to next page of demo »" to see the behavior I'm describing.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 18 '14 at 01:36

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try this in your head

<base target="_parent" />

answered Dec 18 '14 at 01:36

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Does not work. That doesn't do anything different than `target="_parent"` in the anchor would anyway. – brentonstrine Dec 18 '14 at 03:33
see if this link helps http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15712880/load-iframe-links-into-parent-window – prospector Dec 18 '14 at 03:58
There was a suggestion for `_top` that held promise, but doesn't work. – brentonstrine Dec 18 '14 at 20:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '14 at 01:40

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just use target="_self" instead of "_parent"

http://jsfiddle.net/eapo/k38199k5/8/

answered Dec 18 '14 at 01:40

eapo

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That puts it inside the `iframe`. – brentonstrine Dec 18 '14 at 03:04

target="_parent" is opening in a new tab

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