I'm afraid the behaviour is still there using your code. I've updated my example page with it.
On May 6, 12:25 am, Wizzud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem is the context of 'this' within the ajaxStart() and > ajaxStop() functions. > > try this instead... > > $("#contests ul li span a").toggle( > function(){ > //store ref to toggling element for use in ajax callbacks... > var lnk = $(this); > var url_title = lnk.html(); > lnk.ajaxStart(function(){ > lnk.html("loading..."); > }).ajaxStop(function(){ > lnk.html(url_title); > }); > $(".contest-form-" + this.name).load(this.href).show(); > return false; > }, > function(){ > $(".contest-form-" + this.name).hide("fast"); > return false; > } > ); > > On May 5, 2:26 pm, bobh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi, > > > I'm trying to change the innerHtml of an anchor to "loading" for the > > duration of an ajax load with this code: > > > $("#contests ul li span a").toggle( > > function(){ > > var url_title = $(this).html(); > > $(this).ajaxStart(function(){$ > > (this).html("loading...");}).ajaxStop(function(){$ > > (this).html(url_title);}); > > $(".contest-form-" + this.name).load(this.href).show(); > > return false; > > }, > > function(){ > > $(".contest-form-" + this.name).hide("fast"); > > return false; > > } > > ); > > > both the ajax load and the text replacing work fine. the problem > > however is that all links that have been clicked are getting the > > "loading" innerHtml. in stead of only the one that is clicked on. for > > clarification I've put an example page online > > here:http://allnighters.net/jq/. > > try clicking a few different links. > > > thanks