title: html - how do I make a page load in a new tab in IE8?
body: <p>What combination of html and IE8 settings get IE8 to open links in a new tab. Or can you not do this with IE8, and you only get the new tabs by manually selecting File-> new/duplicate tab?  </p>
  
  <p>My website works in Firefox - pages on the site load in the current tab, and links off site load a new tab.  IE8 won't behave: target="_blank" opens a whole new window; the other options, _self _top _parent, all open the page in the current tab. </p>
  
  <p>I have Firefox set to "Open new windows in a new tab."  The links to pages on my site all have target="_self" and Firefox keeps these in the current tab. On the external links I don't have a target set (I added _blank to see if it fixed IE8, and doing that didn't affect Firefox).  </p>
  
  <p>I can't find an equivalent setting in IE8.  Tools-Internet Options-General-Tabs/Settings has an enable tabs box, and a sub-option to automatically switch to newly opened tabs.  Is there some html that will work? An IE8 setting I'm missing?</p>
  
  <p>Any help appreciated.  </p>