Hi Alan and Anthony, Thanks for your replies.
<a onclick="web2py_component('{{=_link}}', 'component-pane')">{{=_name}} > </a> > Note, you had an extra ")" after the URL but before the target argument, which would have caused a Javascript syntax error. Also, the target should be 'component-pane', not 'component'. I've been staring at this for almost an hour and just didn't see it :-( Problem solved! Kind regards, Annet.