No. I don’t know of any browser (or other user agent) that associates any special behaviours with link query strings. The query string is for the server receiving the HTTP request to deal with.

As you say in your question, the target attribute is the method for controlling (or at least suggesting) what window the link should open in.

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MDN Web Docs
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Window: open() method - Web APIs | MDN
The Window interface's open() method takes a URL as a parameter, and loads the resource it identifies into a new or existing tab or window.
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In browser open a new tab via an URL passing a parameter like object/array
Hi folks, I need to take a new step in my project that require to me to have some new perspective skills that I’ve been working on, but I need to figure out if I can do what I want. I have a project with a navigation menu and a few pages and their primary views. More on forum.inductiveautomation.com
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I just saw that inside the Page ... a URL to open in a new window. Surely there must be something similar to this for the URL resource and new tabs as well! ... First enable this "New window" by going to Admin | Plugins | Activity modules | URL and include it in the "Available display options" settings. Then it should work. ... Thank you for your reply. The option there says "New window", which I selected. The link now opens ... More on moodle.org
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Open a URL in a new tab (and not a new window)
It opens in whatever the users ... a new tab. (It's also the same as the code that the OP is already using and says doesn't work!) 2023-05-15T15:37:00.52Z+00:00 ... This might be a hack, but in Firefox if you specify a third parameter, 'fullscreen=yes', it opens a fresh new window. ... It seems to actually override the browser settings. ... The window.open(url) will open ... More on stackoverflow.com
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ServiceNow Community
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What parameters can be passed to a URL to open in new tab?
November 8, 2019 - if you are opening the link from server side using action.setRedirectURL() I believe you cannot mention to open in new tab · If you are using client side then that is possible · Mark Correct if this solves your issue and also mark Helpful if you find my response worthy based on the impact. Thanks Ankur · Regards, Ankur Certified Technical Architect || 9x ServiceNow MVP || ServiceNow Community Leader ... How to pass input parameters to an RPA Bot Process triggered from Flow Designer?
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Inductive Automation
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In browser open a new tab via an URL passing a parameter like object/array - Ignition - Inductive Automation Forum
November 19, 2021 - Hi folks, I need to take a new step in my project that require to me to have some new perspective skills that I’ve been working on, but I need to figure out if I can do what I want. I have a project with a navigation menu and a few pages and their primary views.
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Educative
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How to open a link in a new tab with HTML and JavaScript
JavaScript provides us with the window.open(URL, target) method to open a link in a new tab. We must use _blank as the second parameter of this method if we want the link to open in a new tab.
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Kajabi
help.kajabi.com › all collections › website › pages › can i make my links open in a new tab?
Can I make my links open in a new tab? | Kajabi Help Center
Open the Website tab from the Dashboard. Select Navigation. Click the Edit icon next to the link you wish to edit or create a new one. Copy /"target="_blank. Place your cursor at the end of the URL and paste /"target="_blank to the end of the URL.
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Moodle
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Moodle in English: How do I make a URL open in a new tab? | Moodle.org
... First enable this "New window" by going to Admin | Plugins | Activity modules | URL and include it in the "Available display options" settings. Then it should work. ... Thank you for your reply.
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r/HTML on Reddit: Coding a URL to open in a new tab?
January 4, 2023 -

Hi all, I'm hoping this is the right place for this, but is there a way to something to a URL so that when that URL is linked or embedded somewhere, the link will automatically take them to a new tab?

I am trying to set a link in our top navigation menu on our WordPress site that uses Avada, and I don't have the option to just tell it to open that link in a new tab as a setting. So I was hoping I could set it to do so just by the link itself, but I'm not familiar enough with that to know if it is possible or not. Looking it up myself has only yielded results for "target=_blank" when doing hardcoding on the back end-something that isn't an option with the set up we have (or I'm just not aware of how to go about it).

Any help or advice is appreciated!

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Attacomsian
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Open a URL in a new tab or window on button click in JavaScript
October 12, 2022 - To open a new tab, pass _blank as a second parameter to window.open() or skip the second parameter entirely and only pass the URL. Suppose you have the following <button> tag somewhere on your web page: ... You want to ensure when the user clicks ...
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Stack Overflow
stackoverflow.com › questions › 59873214 › how-to-open-a-new-tab-by-passing-some-argument-into-url
How To Open a new Tab by passing some argument into URL
A "URL" is a resource location. Ultimately the web browser program is in charge of deciding when to open new tabs. The accepted way to communicate to browsers to open a new tab is target="_blank" in the a tag as answered in the linked question.
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Alchemer
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Make Sure Links Open in a New Tab/Window | Alchemer Help
October 28, 2020 - In the link editor place the URL to the website you would like to link to in the URL field. On the Target tab of the link editor select New Window (_blank) from the dropdown. This will open the document in a new tab or window (depending on the respondent's browser settings) and will prevent ...
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Squash
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How to Open a URL in a New Tab Using JavaScript - Squash.io
April 30, 2024 - This method opens a new browser ... ways to achieve this: You can use the window.open() method with the URL you want to open as the first parameter and "_blank" as the second parameter....
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freeCodeCamp
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How to Use HTML to Open a Link in a New Tab
September 8, 2020 - It's easy to use HTML to open a link in a new tab. You just need an anchor (<a>) element with three important attributes: The href attribute set to the URL of the page you want to link to,
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How to Open Link in a New Tab in HTML? · CoreUI
February 26, 2025 - href attribute specifies: Tells your HTML parser exactly which linked URL to fetch. rel attribute: Helps define the relationship between the original page and the newly opened tab, often used for security measures.
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Medium
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How to Open a URL in a New Tab Using JavaScript | by Pravin M | Medium
August 9, 2024 - <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>Open URL in New Tab</title> <script> function openInNewTab(url) { window.open(url, '_blank'); } </script> </head> <body> <button onclick="openInNewTab('https://www.example.com')">Open Example.com in New Tab</button> </body> </html> ... The button, when clicked, triggers the openInNewTab function. You can also use JavaScript to open a URL in a new tab based on user actions like button clicks.
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W3Schools
w3schools.com › jsref › met_win_open.asp
Window open() Method
The open() method opens a new browser window, or a new tab, depending on your browser settings and the parameter values.