//for links in XHTML that should open in another window (since the target attribute is invalid)
//to use it, add class names to the links like so: target-windowName, target-_top, or simply target- for "_blank"
//BEWARE! it replaces any function that is already assigned to the onclick event
function setUpTargetLinks()
{
	var links = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
	var name;
	for(a in links)
	{
		name = a.className.replace(/(?:^|.*\s)target-([a-z0-9_-]*).*$/i, "$1");
		if(name == "_self") continue;
		if(name == "_blank") name = "";
		if(name == "_top")
			a.onclick = function(){ window.top.location = a.href; return false; };
		else if(name == "_parent")
			a.onclick = function(){ window.parent.location = a.href; return false; };
		else
			a.onclick = function(){ return !window.open(a.href, name); };
	}
}

//for links in XHTML that should open in another window (since the target attribute is invalid)
//to use it, add class names to the links like so: target-windowName, target-_top, or simply target- for "_blank"
//BEWARE! it replaces any function that is already assigned to the onclick event
function setUpTargetLinks()
{
	var links = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
	var name;
	for(a in links)
	{
		name = a.className.replace(/(?:^|.*\s)target-([a-z0-9_-]*).*$/i, "$1");
		if(name == "_self") continue;
		if(name == "_blank") name = "";
		if(name == "_top")
			a.onclick = function(){ window.top.location = a.href; return false; };
		else if(name == "_parent")
			a.onclick = function(){ window.parent.location = a.href; return false; };
		else
			a.onclick = function(){ window.open(a.href, name); return false; };
	}
}

XHTML Targetted Hyperlinks

javascript, link, window, xhtml

JavaScript