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  • Lars Vatland
    #1

    refer to text of url

    How can I access the text of an url via javascript, ie. get 'foo' (and
    send it as parameter in goto(), in example:

    <a href="javascrip t:goto([foo])">foo</a>

    Or refer to it globally?

    document.links. href.text.value ?
    this.href.text ?

    --
    Rgrds,
    L.

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    • Andi B
      #2
      Re: refer to text of url

      Can you clarify what you mean by accessing the text of a URL?

      "Lars Vatland" <d20030219@yaho o.no> wrote in message
      news:shosjvsogv 0p82fonel8febm6 9avdb7n70@4ax.c om...[color=blue]
      > How can I access the text of an url via javascript, ie. get 'foo' (and
      > send it as parameter in goto(), in example:
      >
      > <a href="javascrip t:goto([foo])">foo</a>
      >
      > Or refer to it globally?
      >
      > document.links. href.text.value ?
      > this.href.text ?
      >
      > --
      > Rgrds,
      > L.
      >[/color]


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        • Lars Vatland
          #3
          Re: refer to text of url

          I want to refer to the part between <a> and </a> in an url - the text
          accompanying the url. Is it possible?


          On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:03:44 +0100, "Andi B"
          <andi@theblackt ower.freeserve. co.uk> wrote:
          [color=blue]
          >Can you clarify what you mean by accessing the text of a URL?
          >
          >"Lars Vatland" <d20030219@yaho o.no> wrote in message
          >news:shosjvsog v0p82fonel8febm 69avdb7n70@4ax. com...[color=green]
          >> How can I access the text of an url via javascript, ie. get 'foo' (and
          >> send it as parameter in goto(), in example:
          >>
          >> <a href="javascrip t:goto([foo])">foo</a>
          >>
          >> Or refer to it globally?
          >>
          >> document.links. href.text.value ?
          >> this.href.text ?
          >>
          >> --
          >> Rgrds,
          >> L.
          >>[/color]
          >[/color]

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            • Andi B
              #4
              Re: refer to text of url

              I dont honestly know - however, if you do as you have done in your example,
              by putting the text you want to sent as a parameter already, it should
              work - the only problem is that you do have to type the text each time.

              "Lars Vatland" <d20030219@yaho o.no> wrote in message
              news:01psjv4ct5 fs8pah70qopa8tc t1jnflv0d@4ax.c om...[color=blue]
              > I want to refer to the part between <a> and </a> in an url - the text
              > accompanying the url. Is it possible?
              >
              >
              > On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:03:44 +0100, "Andi B"
              > <andi@theblackt ower.freeserve. co.uk> wrote:
              >[color=green]
              > >Can you clarify what you mean by accessing the text of a URL?
              > >
              > >"Lars Vatland" <d20030219@yaho o.no> wrote in message
              > >news:shosjvsog v0p82fonel8febm 69avdb7n70@4ax. com...[color=darkred]
              > >> How can I access the text of an url via javascript, ie. get 'foo' (and
              > >> send it as parameter in goto(), in example:
              > >>
              > >> <a href="javascrip t:goto([foo])">foo</a>
              > >>
              > >> Or refer to it globally?
              > >>
              > >> document.links. href.text.value ?
              > >> this.href.text ?
              > >>
              > >> --
              > >> Rgrds,
              > >> L.
              > >>[/color]
              > >[/color]
              >[/color]


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                • Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft
                  #5
                  Re: refer to text of url

                  Hi,

                  Lars Vatland wrote:
                  [color=blue]
                  > How can I access the text of an url via javascript, ie. get 'foo' (and
                  > send it as parameter in goto(), in example:
                  >
                  > <a href="javascrip t:goto([foo])">foo</a>
                  >
                  > Or refer to it globally?
                  >
                  > document.links. href.text.value ?
                  > this.href.text ?[/color]

                  The text of a link should, according to the Netscape doc, be accessible with

                  linkInstance.te xt;

                  However, there doesn't seem to be a way to identify a link namely. Of
                  course you can always use the links array, but working with indexes is
                  not good programming practice, except in loops of course.

                  alert( document.links[2].text );

                  It seems, however, to be the only way.

                  Note also that this fails in IE, which doesn't seem to recognize the
                  property "text" of the Link instance (alerts "undefined" ).

                  HTH,

                  Laurent
                  --
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                    • Evertjan.
                      #6
                      Re: refer to text of url

                      Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft wrote on 16 aug 2003 in comp.lang.javas cript:
                      [color=blue]
                      > Note also that this fails in IE, which doesn't seem to recognize the
                      > property "text" of the Link instance (alerts "undefined" ).
                      >[/color]

                      IE6:

                      <a href='' onclick="alert( this.innerText) ;return false">Text alert</a>

                      --
                      Evertjan.
                      The Netherlands.
                      (Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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                        • Lars Vatland
                          #7
                          Re: refer to text of url

                          Ok, thanks, I use

                          <a href='' onClick="q(this );return false">foo</a> bar<br>

                          (..and if else on this.text / this.innerText) .

                          Is there a shorthand for 'return false', or avoid it?


                          --
                          /L.

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