Target Objects

Targets are markers placed in a web page; these markers allow a link to be made to a specific place within a web page. Targets are especially useful in larger web pages, where a reader would otherwise have to scroll about to find their specific item of interest.

For example, the relative URL index.html#change tells a browser to position the "change" marker of index.html (this page) at the top of the screen. Target Icon Click the above link and the browser will jump to a point later in this page.

Targets are not displayed by a web browser, but in Composer, they displayed as a little arrow & bulls-eye icon:

Target Properties

There is one property of a Target:

the target's name.

To see how target names are used, read about them in the Link Object properties section.

Adding a Target to a page

Targets can be placed anywhere on a web page.

L-Click in the page at the spot where a reader would directly be able to jump. Click the Target button and enter a name for the target in the pop-up window.

Deleting a Target from a page

L-Click on a target icon

to select it, then use the DELETE key or otherwise CUT it out.

Changing the name of a Target

L-DoubleClick on a target icon

and a window will pop up with the name of the target. Enter a new name to replace the name shown.

If some web page references a target and the target's name is changed, the link will no longer work; the page will be retrieved, but the screen will be placed at the top of the page.