Open fancybox from function

Question

I am trying to open a fancybox from a function I have - in short my HTML code looks like this;

<a href="#modalMine" onclick="myfunction(this); return false;">
  click
</a>

and a part of my function looks like this;

function myfunction(me) {
    $(me).fancybox({
        'autoScale': true,
        'transitionIn': 'elastic',
        'transitionOut': 'elastic',
        'speedIn': 500,
        'speedOut': 300,
        'autoDimensions': true,
        'centerOnScroll': true,
    });
}

The above works in IE but not in FireFox or Chrome - any idea how I can fix this? I know that one why is to trigger another link, but I hope another solution is possible.

Answer 1

If you'd like to simply open a fancybox when a javascript function is called. Perhaps in your code flow and not as a result of a click. Here's how you do it:

function openFancybox() {
  $.fancybox({
     'autoScale': true,
     'transitionIn': 'elastic',
     'transitionOut': 'elastic',
     'speedIn': 500,
     'speedOut': 300,
     'autoDimensions': true,
     'centerOnScroll': true,
     'href' : '#contentdiv'
  });
}

This creates the box using "contentdiv" and opens it.