Just a test

[alicebentley]

Because I want to see if things work like I think they do when I post a link here.

Shelf Life, edited by Greg Ketter

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[alicebentley]

What is the purpose of the underscore in "target=_blank" ?

[erik]

I don't actually know. It's what I was shown, so it's what I do.
Generally though, leading underscores often indicate a meta-variable of some kind. Which would make sense in this case: you're referring to the idea of a blank (new) window, not an existing window named "blank".

[erik]

Yes. If it was "blank" it would create a new tab and name it "blank". Which would then open the next link targeted at "blank" in that tab instead of a new one. "_blank" creates a new tab and doesn't name it anything.