On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:52 AM, yrstruly <anthony.apol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hallo > > Im new to jQuery. I have donwloaded the jquery-1.3.2min file and i > have copied that introduction code from the website and saved it in > the same directory as the jquery file. When i run the script it seems > to be working and when i click on the link it goes to the website, but > isnt this script suppose to show an alert message first, before it > goes to the website? > > Please what am i doing wrong? Have a saved it correctly or is the file > i donwloaded not valid? Please help. The code follows: > > <!DOCTYPE html> > <html lang="en"> > <head> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> > <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script> > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > $(document).ready(function(){ > $("a").click(function(event){ > alert("Thanks for visiting!"); > }); > }); > > > </script> > </head> > <body> > <a href="http://jquery.com/">jQuery</a> > </body> > </html> > =================== ===================Go for this script you can see now ur click function will execute first & then it will go for link <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("a").click(function(event){ window.href="http://jquery.com/"; <http://jquery.com/> alert("Thanks for visiting!"); return true; }); }); </script> </head> <body> <a href="# <http://jquery.com/>">jQuery</a> </body> </html> cheers. Ragx