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Jun 27.2005

Hi,

I need to know that how can I access the text that appears on a HTML page for a hyperlink. (i.e. I need to access “My Link” in the example below) Using the text property of the anchor object doesn’t work if I have created a link on my page as

<a href=”javascript:void(0);”>My Link</a>

However, creating a link as <a href=”javascript:void(0);” text=”some text”>My Link</a> gives me “some text”. Can anyone help me on this?

Thanks in advance.

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@Mr_JJun 27.2005 — Here's a few ways.

<a href="#null" onclick="alert(this.innerHTML)">My Link</a>

Or

<a id="link1" href="#null" onclick="alert(document.getElementById('link1').innerHTML)">My Link 2</a>

Or

<script type="text/javscript">

<!--

function alertMe1(obj){

alert(obj.innerHTML)

}

function alertMe2(id){

alert(document.getElementById(id).innerHTML)

}

//-->

</script>

<a href="#null" onclick="alertMe1(this)">My Link 3</a>

<a id="link4a" href="#null" onclick="alertMe2(this.id)">My Link 4a</a>

<a id="link4b" href="#null" onclick="alertMe2(this.id)">My Link 4b</a>
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@Nitint_KhareauthorJun 27.2005 — Thanks a lot. It was something that I was really looking for.
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@google_archive1Jul 27.2005 — indexed JUL 27 2005 10:41:57
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