# \_blank to a button

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-blank-to-a-button/5441>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 11, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-blank-to-a-button/5441 "2002-09-11T14:43:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![HTI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@HTI](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HTI)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-blank-to-a-button/5441/1 "2002-09-11T14:43:15Z")

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How do you set the target to \_blank on a button?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-blank-to-a-button/5441/2 "2002-09-11T14:55:00Z")

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If you mean open a link in a blank new window, it’s

[COLOR=blue]on (release) {  
getURL (“whatever”, “\_blank”)  
}  
[/COLOR]