Here's a reference URL by the way:
http://www.hscripts.com/tutorials/javascript/document-object.php
On Dec 5, 10:21 am, "Andy Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matthias...
>
> Attr('href') will give you whatever is contained in the href property. If
> you want the "http://otherpage.com"; then that needs to be contained in the
> href property. Using the 'domain' property of the document object will give
> you the first part:
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> <!--
> alert(document.domain);
> //-->
> </script>
>
> andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>
> Behalf Of Matthias Coy
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:10 AM
> To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [jQuery] How to access href-property
>
> Hi there,
>
> how do I access the "href"-property of an anchor-element? I know there is a
>
> $("#idOfAnAnchor").attr("href");
>
> but this only gives me the attribute and not the property. I need the
> property, because inside of this property is the full URL. See example:
>
> <a id="idOfAnAnchor1" href="/index.php">Home</a> // on otherpage.com <a
> id="idOfAnAnchor2" href="http://somepage.com/index.php";>Home</a>
>
> $("#idOfAnAnchor1").attr("href"); // gives '/index.php', needed is
> 'http://otherpage.com/index.php'
> $("#idOfAnAnchor2").attr("href"); // gives 'http://somepage.com/index.php'
>
> I could use:
>
> var aLink = document.getElementById("#idOfAnAnchor1");
> var aHrefProperty = aLink.href;
>
> but where is the jQuery fun in this :) ?
>
> Regards
> Matthias
