Greg, I'm not sure how your's is much diffrent then the original. On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:04 AM, Greg Tarnoff <greg.tarn...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > 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 > -- Amos King http://dirtyInformation.com http://github.com/Adkron -- Looking for something to do? Visit http://ImThere.com