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'noopener' link relation

Category
Security
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 49)
Intent stage
None

Summary

The 'noreferrer' link relation currently governs both referrer policy for a navigation, as well as the 'opener' attribute of any newly created browsing context. The 'noopener' link relation gives devlopers the ability to control the latter without opting into the former.

Standards & signals

Docs: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#following-hyperlinks https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-open

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