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I have a sidebar (right sided iframe) and when i click on a link in it, it opens a new window in IE8, (in firefox it open a new tab). What do i need to do to open links in IE8 in a new tab. I already set the Tools->Internet Options->Settings-> 'Always open pop-ups in a new tab' and 'A new tab in the current window' open in new tab but still doesn't work. My links are pretty simple, what am i missing ? exemple: text. Also some site are saying to register Regsvr32 actxprxy.dll to fix this problem, still doesn't work. And i want this to work with a simple click, no 'right-click->open in new tab' option. I also hope i won't get the 'can't change how ie8 works' answer. ;)

Here is a test file, but still not working with _blank...

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
        </head>
    <body>
    <a href="http://www.google.ca" target="_blank">open in new tab</a>
    </body>
</html>

Here is my ie8 parameters for tabs... alt text http://db.tt/lMhAs3

And sorry if it's all in french, i'll fix the language later.

developerGuile
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  • please include some example html including what target parameter you are using in your links :) – RYFN May 21 '10 at 15:33
  • Hmmm...pretty strange that it is not opening in a new tab after adding the target="_blank" attribute and changing your browser settings. I cannot reproduce the mis-behavior so I will be of little further help. You might want to post the same question on SuperUser.com to see if anyone there has run into the same issue with IE8. – Bradley Mountford May 21 '10 at 16:10
  • Pretty strange indeed. Just posted it on superuser.com. – developerGuile May 21 '10 at 17:21
  • Good luck! Let me know when you get it solved. Just comment on my answer below so I'll know. Thanks! – Bradley Mountford May 21 '10 at 19:35
  • did you ever find a fix? – Joshc Oct 16 '12 at 12:32

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You need to use the target="_blank" attribute to make links open in a new window or tab. Where the link actually opens is up to the browser settings. So if you have Tools > Internet Options > Tabbed Browsing Settings > "Always open pop-ups in new tabs" selected, a target="_blank" link will open in a new tab. Note that this type of link will open in a new window by default on most browsers.

Bradley Mountford
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Your settings look right, just loose the "Target" attribute in the html
The target attribute defines where the linked document will be opened.

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Just a short observation, IE (all versions) will not open a link with invalid ULR address. For example a missing slash (http:/domain.ext). It will work on other browsers tho.

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