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I copy text with hyperlinks to Dreamweaver. I need all hyperlinks with target _blank. How can I set target_blank to the default target in Dreamweaver. I use the newest version of Dreamweaver.

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Jon FritzCorrect answer

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You can do this pretty easily using the Find & Replace tool...

1. Hit Ctrl + Shift + F to open the F&R window.
2. Click the "Advanced" tab

3. Under "Find In", change the dropdown menu to "Current Document"

4. Next to the "Find In" field, set the tag to "a"
5. Hit the - icon to get rid of any additional function
6. For "Action" choose "Set Attribute"
7. set the next box to "target"
8. For the "To:" box, choose "_blank"
9. Hit "Replace All" and target="_blank" will be added to all links on the page.

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micahsue

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It doesn't matter WHY she wants it. No one has answered the question. Can this be setup in DW, that when she creates a hyperlink, the DEFAULT is "_blank"? I need this also and the <base target... is not working within the LMS I use. If someone could actually answer the question, that would be great.

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Nancy OShea

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I'm afraid not. The link target attribute in the HTML Properties Panel is empty by default.

You need to populate the target field yourself.

Or use Find & Replace as described by Jon_Fritz_II in the Correct Answer above.
Or create a custom code snippet.

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craig49

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Thanks You

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Colin Holgate

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alexanderh23349409

I think https://forums.adobe.com/people/Jon%20Fritz%20II answered your exact question. You can mark his reply as Correct, if you agree.

If I read it correct, Alex is the only user of the page, so the question of whether target _blank everywhere is a good idea shouldn't apply to his case.

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Nancy OShea

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If all your links go to target_blank, it won't be long before your users will have a lot of opened windows or tabs in their browsers. See screenshot.

Is that something you really want to inflict on people?

I think target_blank should be used rarely if at all and only on outbound links that take people to another website.

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alexanderh23349409Author

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I don't use Dreamweaver to develop a webpage. I use it as a html editor to create news.

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Nancy OShea

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It's irrelevant what you use DW for. All I'm saying is sticking target_blank on ALL links is not a nice thing to do to people.

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Jon Fritz

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You can do this pretty easily using the Find & Replace tool...

1. Hit Ctrl + Shift + F to open the F&R window.
2. Click the "Advanced" tab

3. Under "Find In", change the dropdown menu to "Current Document"

4. Next to the "Find In" field, set the tag to "a"
5. Hit the - icon to get rid of any additional function
6. For "Action" choose "Set Attribute"
7. set the next box to "target"
8. For the "To:" box, choose "_blank"
9. Hit "Replace All" and target="_blank" will be added to all links on the page.

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