Javascript DOM HTML Button formTarget Property get

Introduction

Return where to display the response after submitting a form: 

var x = document.getElementById("myBtn").formTarget;

Click the button to return the value of the formtarget attribute of the submit button above.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<form action="/action_page.php" method="get" target="_self">
  First name: <input type="text" name="fname" value="CSS"><br>
  Last name: <input type="text" name="lname" value="HTML"><br>
  <button id="myBtn" type="submit" formtarget="_blank">Submit to a new window</button>
</form>//from   ww  w . j  a va2s. c  o 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>

The formTarget property sets or gets the value of the formtarget attribute of a button.

The formtarget attribute 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".

Property Values

Value Description
_blankLoads the response in a new window/tab
_self Default. Loads the response in the same frame
_parent Loads the response in the parent frame
_top Loads the response in the full body of the window
framename Loads the response in a named iframe

The formTarget property returns a String representing where to display the response after submitting the form.




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