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Contents 1 Syntax 2 Handling "=" and "|" 3 Examples 4 See also

Syntax

{{target|HREF|TEXT|TARGET}}

or: {{target|1=HREF|2=TEXT|3=TARGET}}

This template is intended to make it easy to create a link that will open in a new tab or window while providing a visual clue that the link is special.

In all cases, a special icon   is used to indicate the link is special.

All arguments are optional:

HREF defaults to the null string.

TEXT defaults to HREF

TARGET defaults to _blank

The template expands to <a href=HREF target="TARGET">TEXT</a>

Handling "=" and "|"

Care must be taken if any of the parameters contain "=" or "|" since these characters are syntactic markers in templates.

One way to handle "=" is to use the second syntactic form, that is, to specify the parameter numbers explicitly, e.g. {{target|1=http://www.abc.com?x=y|2=x=y}}.

Occurrences of "=" can also be replaced by {{eq}}; in HREF, they can also be replaced by %3D.

Occurrences of "|" can be replaced by {{!}}; in HREF, they can also be replaced by %7C.

Examples

{{target|http://www.princeton.edu}} produces http://www.princeton.edu

{{target|http://www.princeton.edu|Princeton University}} produces Princeton University

{{target|{{fullurl:Main_Page}}|QED }} produces QED

{{target|1=http://www.abc.com?x=y|2=x=y}} produces x=y.

See also

• Template:)) — handling }}