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How can I get the text of the clicked link in Morzilla Firefox

Apr 8th, 2008 19:28
ha mo, Dave Clark, Vinay Mathod,

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Vinay,
     If the inner content of the link is pure text, then the following 
will work in any standard browser -- and, yes, that includes IE6:
<a href="javascript:void(0)"
 onclick="alert(this.firstChild.data);
 return false;">Link Text</a>
     Any additional markup, as part of the inner content of the link, 
will confuse the issue.  For example:
<a href="javascript:void(0)"
 onclick="alert(this.firstChild.firstChild.data);
 return false;"><b>Link Text</b></a>
     Then, in some browsers, even additional newlines can confuse the 
issue further.  The following works the same as before in IE6:
<a href="javascript:void(0)"
 onclick="alert(this.firstChild.firstChild.data);
 return false;">
 <b>Link Text</b>
</a>
     However, in Firefox, the same HTML arrangement would require the 
following change to the JavaScript:
<a href="javascript:void(0)"
 onclick="alert(this.childNodes[1].firstChild.data);
 return false;">
 <b>Link Text</b>
</a>
Take care,
Dave Clark
www.DaveClarkConsulting.com
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