How to call JavaScript function instead of href in HTML

javascript html debugging
user605334 picture user605334 · Feb 15, 2011 · Viewed 374.6k times · Source

I have some mockup in HTML

<a href="javascript:ShowOld(2367,146986,2)"><img title="next page" alt="next page" src="/themes/me/img/arrn.png"></a>

I got the response from server when I sent the request.

With this mockup I got as a response of AJAX request that sends my code to server.

Well, everything is fine but when I click on the link the browser wants to open the function as link; meaning after click I see the address bar as 

javascript:ShowOld(2367,146986,2)

means browser thing that's url if I want to do this in firebug that's work. Now I want to do that then when anyone clicks the link then the browser tries to call the function already loaded in the DOM instead of trying to open them in browser.

Answer

Dutchie432 picture Dutchie432 · Feb 15, 2011

That syntax should work OK, but you can try this alternative.

<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="ShowOld(2367,146986,2);">

or

<a href="javascript:ShowOld(2367, 146986, 2);">

UPDATED ANSWER FOR STRING VALUES

If you are passing strings, use single quotes for your function's parameters

<a href="javascript:ShowOld('foo', 146986, 'bar');">

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