onclick - page should stay where it is in browser.

[Simon Wigzell]

I'm using onclick in a link. I would like the page not to go back to the
top when I click on the link.

I'm using :

<a onclick="popEdi tor()" href="#">Editor </a>

This takes the page up top the top. If it's href="" then the results of the
popEditor() function appear in the current page. What is the syntax? Thanks!
I should know better by now but I finally got sick of my onclicks making the
current page go to the top and now it's time to fix it.

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Re: onclick - page should stay where it is in browser.

"Simon Wigzell" <simonwigzell@s haw.ca> writes:
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> I'm using onclick in a link. I would like the page not to go back to the
> top when I click on the link.[/color]
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> I'm using :
>
> <a onclick="popEdi tor()" href="#">Editor </a>
>
> This takes the page up top the top.[/color]

In some browsers. In other browsers it takes it to the bottom. Both
are reasonable behaviors when you link to an empty (or non-existant)
fragment identifier.
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> If it's href="" then the results of the popEditor() function appear
> in the current page.[/color]

That sounds interesting. Are you sure you are not confuzing it with
href="javascrip t:popEditor()" (which is bad style for several reasons,
one of which is that the result becomes the new content of the page).
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> What is the syntax? Thanks![/color]

First, why are you using an "a" element for something that is not a
link? Your problem comes from using a link element, but not wanting
the normal behavior of a link.

What should the link do for people without javascript? Put that in the
href.

Then, to prevent the normal behavior of a link, you must return false
from the onclick handler:

<a href="nonJS.htm l" onclick="popEdi tor();return false;">Editor</a>
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> I should know better by now but I finally got sick of my onclicks making the
> current page go to the top and now it's time to fix it.[/color]

I suggest making it a button instead.

/L
--
Lasse Reichstein Nielsen - lrn@hotpop.com
Art D'HTML: <URL:http://www.infimum.dk/HTML/randomArtSplit. html>
'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.'

[Simon Wigzell]

Re: onclick - page should stay where it is in browser.

Thanks, the "return false;" is what I was looking for!

"Lasse Reichstein Nielsen" <lrn@hotpop.com > wrote in message
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> "Simon Wigzell" <simonwigzell@s haw.ca> writes:
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> > I'm using onclick in a link. I would like the page not to go back to[/color][/color]
the[color=blue][color=green]
> > top when I click on the link.[/color]
>[color=green]
> > I'm using :
> >
> > <a onclick="popEdi tor()" href="#">Editor </a>
> >
> > This takes the page up top the top.[/color]
>
> In some browsers. In other browsers it takes it to the bottom. Both
> are reasonable behaviors when you link to an empty (or non-existant)
> fragment identifier.
>[color=green]
> > If it's href="" then the results of the popEditor() function appear
> > in the current page.[/color]
>
> That sounds interesting. Are you sure you are not confuzing it with
> href="javascrip t:popEditor()" (which is bad style for several reasons,
> one of which is that the result becomes the new content of the page).
>[color=green]
> > What is the syntax? Thanks![/color]
>
> First, why are you using an "a" element for something that is not a
> link? Your problem comes from using a link element, but not wanting
> the normal behavior of a link.
>
> What should the link do for people without javascript? Put that in the
> href.
>
> Then, to prevent the normal behavior of a link, you must return false
> from the onclick handler:
>
> <a href="nonJS.htm l" onclick="popEdi tor();return false;">Editor</a>
>[color=green]
> > I should know better by now but I finally got sick of my onclicks making[/color][/color]
the[color=blue][color=green]
> > current page go to the top and now it's time to fix it.[/color]
>
> I suggest making it a button instead.
>
> /L
> --
> Lasse Reichstein Nielsen - lrn@hotpop.com
> Art D'HTML: <URL:http://www.infimum.dk/HTML/randomArtSplit. html>
> 'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.'[/color]