I have a link. When some one clicks on that I want to check some conditions before letting it work. If it's false
the default action should be prevented.
$(".pager-next a.active").click(function(event) {
if (!a == 1) {
event.preventDefault();
}
});
The link should only work if a
is equal to 1
. Is the above code correct. a
is set to 1
if a particular condition is met. The link should only work if the condition is met.
Assuming by 'should only work if a is equal to 1' you mean the text of the a
element is equal to 1, try this:
$(".pager-next a.active").click(function(event) {
if ($(this).text() != "1") {
event.preventDefault();
}
});
You can amend text()
to use whichever attribute of the element is available to you in jQuery.
UPDATE
my a is a var which hold the value 0 until a condition is met.
In which case, the problem was simply that your equality operator was incorrect:
$(".pager-next a.active").click(function(event) {
if (a != 1) {
event.preventDefault();
}
});