This is not true: "html link is always started before ajax/jquery"
your ajax request code runs before the browser tries to go off to "about.htm", and there is a hook in there for you to prevent the href action $(".about a").click(function() { $(".jq").hide().slideDown("slow").load("about.htm"); return false; }); On Oct 5, 8:22 am, ivframes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I just started learning javascript and jQuery. > I have trouble calling ajaxed link before the usual html stuff for the > javascript-disabled browsers. > > The jQuery code: > > $(".about a").click(function() { > $(".jq").hide().slideDown("slow").load("about.htm"); > > }); > > HTML: > <li class="about"><a href="about.htm">about</a></li> > > I tried with some "onclick" event, but didn't work - html link is > always started before ajax/jquery. > > Thanks!