[wp-hackers] Use of _blank in wp-admin

[Viper007Bond]

No, it validates just fine, if you use it right, i.e. <br />

In XHTML, all non-closing tag elements (br, img, link, meta, etc.) need to
have a slash before the closing bracket.

<img src="http://site.com/image.jpg" alt="My Image" />

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 4:10 AM, Knut-Olav Hoven <hovenko at linpro.no> wrote:

> On Saturday 22 March 2008 11:45:42 Viper007Bond wrote:
> > It was never an intended functionality in the first place really and it
> > still works under XHTML, it just breaks validation.
>
> The <br> tag also works under XHTML, but it does not validate as XHTML,
> which
> means it is not XHTML, which means you should probably use the HTML 4
> doctype
> instead.
>
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 3:24 AM, Tim Kissane <tim at timbury.net> wrote:
> > > I use many browsers to test page design, but Firefox and Opera are my
> > > main personal use choices. I have set the preferences in each to open
> > > tabs rather than windows (the default on Opera), so this is not an
> > > annoyance at all.
> > >
> > > Why has the target parameter has been dropped? I sometimes want to
> > > force a visitor to a page to open a link in a new window/tab, rather
> than
> > > replace the page containing the link. It is ridiculous for the authors
> of
> > > the xhtml standards to remove this functionality.
> > >
> > > Ah, but I digress... ;-)
> > >
> > > WP rawks!
> > >
> > > Tim K.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tim Kissane
> > > Timbury Computer Services
> > > http://timkissane.com/
> > > http://timbury.net/
> > > 732.604.3817
> > > =========================
> > > "More hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than
> in
> > > the name of rebellion." -- CP Snow
> > >
> > > Mahmoud Al-Qudsi wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > One would think that with all the recent standards-based discussion
> and
> > >
> > > all, WP wouldn't be using target="" attributes on links; but I was
> > > surprised to find that certain links in the admin center use _blank.
> > >
> > > > This is annoying on more than one level - seeing as all browsers
> > > > support
> > >
> > > tabs, _blank will open the link in a new Window (except in Opera,
> which
> > > fortunately intercepts _blank calls and converts them to new tabs)
> which
> > > is pretty annoying behavior for us tab-lovers.
> > >
> > > > More importantly, to the best of my knowledge _blank has been phased
> > > > out
> > >
> > > of the HTML standards...
> > >
> > > > Any idea why we're using them?
> > > >
> > > > -MQ
> > >
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>
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