Why does the target attribute set to "_top" or "_parent" open in a new tab

Question

I set the following links (found in DEMO) to open them on the same tab using the "_top" target (tried "_parent", but for some reason they continue to open on a new tab. You tried different browsers and different devices, but it is still happening.

$(document).ready(function() {
  // for slide-out menu
  $('.js-nav').click(function() {
    $(this).parent().find('.menu').toggleClass('active');
    if ($(this).find('i.fa').hasClass('fa-bars')) {
      $(this).find('i.fa').removeClass('fa-bars').addClass('fa-times');
    } else if ($(this).find('i.fa').hasClass('fa-times')) {
      $(this).find('i.fa').removeClass('fa-times').addClass('fa-bars');
    }
  });
});

html,
body {
  width: 600px;
  height: 50px;
}
.toggle-nav {
  margin: auto 0 auto 0;
  float: left;
  color: #423c4c;
}
.toggle-nav:hover {
  color: #423c4c;
}
.nav-wrap {
  overflow: hidden;
}
.menu {
  float: left;
  visibility: hidden;
  position: relative;
  right: 100%;
  transition-duration: 5s;
  -webkit-transition-duration: 5s;
}
.menu.active {
  visibility: visible;
  right: 0px;
  transition-duration: 1s;
  -webkit-transition-duration: 1s;
}
.menu ul {
  text-align: justify;
  min-width: 400px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding-right: 20px;
}
.menu ul:after {
  content: '';
  display: inline-block;
  width: 100%;
}
.menu ul li {
  margin-top: 2%;
  display: inline-block;
  text-align: center;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: 'Alef', sans-serif;
  font-size: 13px;
  color: #423c4c;
}
.menu ul li a:link {
  color: #423c4c;
  text-decoration: none;
}
.menu ul li a:visited {
  color: #423c4c;
  text-decoration: none;
}
.menu ul li a:hover {
  <!-- border-bottom: 1px solid #423c4c;
  -->text-decoration: none;
  background-color: #fce2e2;
  ;
  color: red;
}
.menu ul li a:active {
  color: #423c4c;
}
.menu ul li ul {
  display: inline-block;
  position: absolute;
  right: 272px;
  top: 25px;
}
.menu ul li ul li {
  display: table;
  font-size: 13px;
  right: 0px;
  text-align: right;
  background-color: #fce2e2;
  padding: 5px;
  margin-top: 0px;
  word-spacing: 1px;
  min-width: 130px;
}

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<a class="toggle-nav js-nav" href="#/"><i class="fa fa-bars fa-2x"></i></a>
<div class="nav-wrap">
  <nav class="menu">
    <ul>
      <li>
        <a href="http://google.com" target="_top">link1</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://pinterest.com" target="_top">link2</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://www.awwwards.com" target="_top">link3</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="http://dribbble.com" target="_top">link4</a>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </nav>
</div>

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Please, help.

thank

May

Answer 1

Your problem is having the sandbox attribute on the iFrame used by JSFiddle and other such sites, including StackOverflow StackSnippets.

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/HTML/Element/iframe

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• allow-popups: (, window.open, target = "_ blank", showModalDialog). , .
• allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox: , . , , , .
• allow-presentation: , iframe .
• allow-same-origin: . , .
• allow-scripts: ( ). , .
• allow-top-navigation. () . , .

Answer 2

target _top iframe. iframe , , _top,

Answer 3

If you want to open links on the same tab, you don’t need to add any goals ..... It will automatically open links on one tab (the default target value is "_self")