Note, you should probably use the URL() helper instead of hard-coding the 
URL:

A('Link', _href="#" _onclick="jQuery(this).fadeOut(); \
  web2py_component('%s' <http://localhost/app/function1.html/?s=>, 'myid'); 
return false;" % URL('default', 'function1', vars=dict(s=parameter)))

Anthony

On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:27:56 AM UTC-4, Stephen McCamy wrote:
>
> That works perfect!  Yes, I didn't include the actual URL and I was 
> unclear that it is a python variable that I am passing.  This works great! 
>  Thanks so much!
>
> On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:09:28 AM UTC-4, Anthony wrote:
>>
>> It works for me. Perhaps your URL isn't returning anything -- are you 
>> sure 'http://localhost/app/function1.html/?s=' + parameter generates the 
>> correct URL and returns the expected output? In particular, the "parameter" 
>> variable should be a previously defined Javascript variable -- does it 
>> exist? Or is it supposed to be a Python variable, in which case the code 
>> would be:
>>
>> A('Link', _href="#" _onclick="jQuery(this).fadeOut(); \
>>   
>> web2py_component('http://localhost/app/function1.html/?s=%s'<http://localhost/app/function1.html/?s=>,
>>  
>> 'myid'); \
>>   return false;" % parameter)
>>
>> Note, I also added a dummy _href above so the link will appear clickable 
>> on the page.
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>> On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 8:56:03 AM UTC-4, Stephen McCamy wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok, that makes sense.  So how can you write it so the web2py component 
>>> will not only fade out  but will  load into a specified id in the DIV as as 
>>> well?  The example you provided forces the link to fadeout but no longer 
>>> loads the div (which makes sense).  I want to do both.  This is 
>>> good information thank you!
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 11:11:13 PM UTC-4, Stephen McCamy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to add a jQuery effect to my A helper below.  I am not 
>>>> stuck on using the A helper but it works well so that is what I am doing. 
>>>>  Below passes a parameter to a function and the results are loaded into 
>>>> the 
>>>> div when the function finishes.  I want to indicate to the user that the 
>>>> link has been clicked because the function takes some time to process.  I 
>>>> think the usage of fadeout() in this example:  {{=DIV('click me!', 
>>>> _onclick="jQuery(this).fadeOut()")}} from the documentation would be 
>>>> fine but it does not work when I add it to the A helper below. It just 
>>>> stays the same. I assume this is because the A helper overrides the jQuery 
>>>> somehow and treats the object as a hyperlink no matter what. I am really 
>>>> stuck on this. Any input would be useful. Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> {{=A(''Link',  _href='
>>>> http://localhost/app/function1.html/?s='+parameter, cid='myid')}}
>>>> <div id="myid" URL></div>
>>>>
>>>> I tried:
>>>>
>>>> {{=A(''Link', _onclick="jQuery(this).fadeOut()", _href='
>>>> http://localhost/app/function1.html/?s='+parameter, cid='myid')}}
>>>> <div id="myid" URL></div>
>>>>
>>>> with no luck.
>>>>
>>>

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