create a link programatically? 2

[simon551]

I'd like to do something like this:

document.getElementById("fxlbl").innerHTML = "Exchange Rate:<a href="#">toggle fxRate</a>";

basically I want the script to update a field with a description and a link. I have the first part working

document.getElementById("fxlbl").innerHTML = "Exchange Rate:"

, just need to make a link.

 

[feherke]

Hi

Just quote correctly :

document.getElementById("fxlbl").innerHTML = [red]'[/red]Exchange Rate:<a href="#">toggle fxRate</a>[red]'[/red];

[gray]// or[/gray]

document.getElementById("fxlbl").innerHTML = "Exchange Rate:<a href=[red]\"[/red]#[red]\"[/red]>toggle fxRate</a>";

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[kaht]

The first thing you put should work as well, just make sure to escape your quotes:

document.getElementById("fxlbl").innerHTML = "Exchange Rate:<a href=[!]\"[/!]#[!]\"[/!]>toggle fxRate</a>"

Additionally, you could create the element using DOM methods and append it after you have set the innerHTML. Something like this:

document.getElementById("fxlbl").innerHTML = "Exchange Rate:";
var newLink = document.createElement("a");
newLink.setAttribute("href", "#");
newLink.innerHTML = "toggle fxRate";
newLink.onclick = function () {
   //build the onclick function here
};
document.getElementById("fxlbl").appendChild(newLink);

-kaht

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[simon551]

awesome, guys! thanks alot!