Actually all of these are slow. The last example will run anytime you click the page. You only want to run this if they click an A element. So attach a click event to A. Try this:
$(document).ready(function(){ $('a').click(function(){ alert($(this).attr('href');); }); }); only do the e.preventDefault(); if you don't want it to go somewhere. I use this method all the time to get the HREF, always putting it into a variable, and affect the page. Usually for things like sliding panels. By putting in #myid it remains accessible when JS isnturned off. On Jan 23, 4:30 am, Andrei Eftimie <k3liu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> $(document).ready(function() { > >> $("a").click(function(event) { > >> alert( "You clicked a link to " + this.href ); > >> return false; > >> }); > >> }); > > This method is very slow. > > Try using event delegation: > > $(document).ready(function() { > $(document).click(function(event){ > if ($(event.target).is('a') { > alert( "You clicked a link to " + event.target.href); > return false; > } > }); > > }); > > -- > Andrei Eftimiehttp://eftimie.com+40 758 833 281 > > Puncthttp://designpunct.ro