Why does target="_blank" have an underscore in front?

Re:Why does target="_blank" have an underscore in front? by bicsi on Monday February 24, 2025 @07:15AM (#43158657)

Wait, so frameset is basically htmx?

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Re:Why does target="_blank" have an underscore in front? by jmg_ on Monday February 24, 2025 @10:05AM (#43160354)

I’m having the same realization regarding Turbo.

Always thought it was a creatively simple solution, but had no idea the pattern had existed (and was used) for so long.

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Re:Why does target="_blank" have an underscore in front? by tredre3 on Monday February 24, 2025 @11:45AM (#43161642)

I've been doing web development on and off for 30 years and in no other programming field have I seen this perpetual habit of rediscovering the wheel.

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Re:Why does target="_blank" have an underscore in front? by hbn on Monday February 24, 2025 @01:53PM (#43163342)

Hey, we may be spinning in circles, but at least the websites consistently get slower over the years

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Re:Why does target="_blank" have an underscore in front? by recursivedoubts on Monday February 24, 2025 @04:46PM (#43165327)

always has been (hx-target was taken directly from the target attribute on anchors, innerHTML as the default swap taken from how iframes behave)

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