Thanks a lot, unfortunately the is number is not a static value .. this is why I want to modify it when user selects a checkbox in a list
On 18 août, 19:00, greeny <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 Ago, 16:51, Erwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I have the following html code in my page > > > <li style="display: none;" id="show_user" class="basic_link"> > > <a href="/admin/users/4c6a275ea326cb01f4000001?locale=en">Show > > User</a> > > </li> > > > I would like to modify the id part of the href > > (4c6a275ea326cb01f4000001) > > between the '/admin/users/' string and the '?locale=en' string (always > > present) with the value of a variable: var id= selection[0].id; > > > I know that in order to get the element to be modified , I can write : > > > $('show_user').firstDescendant() > > > but then .. I don't know how to modify it .. > > > any help will be welcome > > > erwin > > Hi I´m not an expert so this is a simple workaround. > This will only work if "4c6a275ea326cb01f4000001" is a static value > > // some prevoius value > var id= selection[0].id; > > //get the string from tue url > var mylink=$('show_user').firstDescendant().getAttribute('href'); > > //replace '4c6a275ea326cb01f4000001' with id value > mylink=mylink.replace( '4c6a275ea326cb01f4000001', id ); > > //set the new value to the url > $('show_user').firstDescendant().setAttribute('href')=mylink; > > if "4c6a275ea326cb01f4000001" is a dynamic value one may as well use a > similar process except that the url string has to be splitted into > smaller parts and then filled with the proper values . > > Hope this can help you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
