Button formTarget Property - Javascript DOM HTML Element

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Description

The formTarget property sets or gets the formtarget attribute of a button, which sets where to display the response after submitting the form.

This attribute overrides the form's target attribute.

The formtarget attribute is only used for buttons with type="submit".

Set the formTarget property with the following Values

Value Description
_blankdisplay the response in a new window/tab
_self display the response in the same frame (this is default)
_parent display the response in the parent frame
_top display the response in the full body of the window
framename display the response in a named iframe

Return Value

A String, representing where to display the response after submitting the form

The following code shows how to return where to display the response after submitting a form:

Demo Code

ResultView the demo in separate window 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<form action="#" method="get">
First name: <input type="text" name="fname" value="Mary"><br>
Last name: <input type="text" name="lname" value="Bond"><br>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
<button id="myBtn" type="submit" formtarget="_blank">Submit to a new window/tab</button>
</form>/*from   w w  w  .  j  av a 2 s .co m*/

<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    var x = document.getElementById("myBtn").formTarget;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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