- From: Jasper Bryant-Greene <jasper@bryant-greene.name>
- Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:35:43 +1200
Simon Pieters wrote:
> It is easier to use an empty a element as a placeholder to grab and use
> with scripts later on, for instance:
>
> <a id="print"></a>
>
> With:
>
> var elm = document.getElementById("print");
> elm.href = "javascript:window.print()";
> elm.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Print this page"));
>
> ...rather than to create the link with script from scratch.
Since that's not actually a link (the href points to the javascript: URL
scheme which is an ugly hack), what's wrong with:
<span id="print" class="link"></span>
Where the link class may be styled to look like a link with CSS, and then
var elm = document.getElementById("print");
elm.onclick = window.print;
elm.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Print this page"));
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Jasper Bryant-Greene
Freelance web developer
http://jasper.bryant-greene.name/
Received on Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:35:43 UTC