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Erand
Erand

Reputation: 1

Make Ajax call off hyperlink

Is there a way to make an Ajax call from a hyperlink?

I'd like to change the inner html of a div element when someone clicks on a hyperlink using javascript.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 990

Answers (2)

polin
polin

Reputation: 2845

<a href="javascript:yourAjaxFunctionName();">click</a>

Upvotes: 1

Quentin
Quentin

Reputation: 943979

Ajax is just "something you can do with JavaScript"

Hyperlinks can have event handlers bound on them like any other HTML element.

var links_in_document = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
var a_link = links_in_document[0];
a_link.addEventListener('click', a_function_that_does_something_ajaxy);

function a_function_that_does_something_ajaxy(e) {
    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
    // etc
    e.preventDefault();
}

Note: No compatibility routines for browsers that don't support standards are included in this code sample. You should add some (along with a more sensible way to determine which link you are targeting).

Upvotes: 2

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