Cyber Militia

The most common method of having a link open in a new window i.e., target=”_blank” is invalid markup as per XHTML 1.0 strict.

If, like me, you are a stickler for valid strict markup, here’s the easiest solution to maintain markup validity when you must have your links open in a new window/tab.

Old markup -

<a
href="http://www.cybermilitia.net"
title="Cyber Militia"
target="_blank">
The most awesome site !
</a>

new XHTML 1.0 strict valid markup -

<a
href="http://www.cybermilitia.net"
title="Cyber Militia"
onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank');return false;">
The most awesome site !
</a>

All done with a wee-bit of javascript.