$(this).attr('href')
http://docs.jquery.com/Attributes
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Audrey A Lee <audrey.lee.is...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> jQuery People,
>
> Suppose I have this syntax:
>
> $("a.someLinks").click(function(event){tellme();});
>
> I want tellme() to handle the value of href of the clicked link.
>
> What syntax do I put in tellme()?
>
> I got this far:
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> function tellme() {
> // does not work: alert($(this)[0].href);
> // does not work: alert($(this)[0].getAttribute("href"));
> // This only works in Safari: alert($(this)
> [0].event.currentTarget.href);
> }
>
> Here is a bigger question:
> How would I get this info from the API documentation?
>
> -Audrey
>
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