base, a override browsing context
Learn to override, on Element level, the default browsing context.
If you set a default browsing-context for all hyperlinks in page, through base element, like this:
<base target="_blank">, all hyperlinks open in a new browsing-context (new browsing window)
but you want 1 hyperlink from that page to open in a different browsing-context, e.g. the current browsing-context = the current window.
In this case you need to add the current browsing context on element level like this:
<a href="url" target="_self">link<⁄a>
Video demonstration base, how to override the default browsing context
HTML5 base, override default browsing context, Tutorial
| min | video details |
|---|---|
| 00:17 | adding the base tag in page, inside head section |
| 00:20 | setting a default browsing-context: |
| 00:30 | refreshing the page |
| 00:32 | test: clicking on hyperlinks |
| 00:34 | test result ok: all hyperlinks open in a new browsing context (a new window) |
| 00:45 | let's set a different browsing-context for hyperlink Page3 |
| 00:55 | on Element level (the a element) we are adding the target="_self" |
| 01:11 | all hyperlinks opens in a new browsing context (a new window) except Page3 which will open in the current browsing window |
| 01:14 | refreshing the page |
| 01:15 | testing all hyperlinks |
| 01:24 | all but one open in a new browser window; the one, Page3, opens in the current window |
| 01:26 | this is how you can override the default targeted browsing context on Element level |