opening <a> link in different <div> of same window Options

[akkw]

Greetings:

How can one target an anchor <a> to open a file in another <div> in the same window, i.e.

<div id="right">

<a href="newfile.txt" target="left">Open new file</a>

</div>

<div id="left">

</div>

Apologies for this simple question.

Thanks.

Alfred

[Darin McGrew]

You can't. You can target a frame (either a regular frame or an inline frame, but frames have their own problems. Of course, the JavaScript approach has the same problems of frames, plus the extra JavaScript dependency.

A better approach is to have a separate URL for each document, and to link to the other URLs.

[Website Design Perth]

Have a look at the jQuery javascript library. This is what we use, for example, to 'hide' a div on page load, and then 'display' it on click of a link/button.

[pandy]

Which isn't the same as opening another page. Why do you use jQuery for something that basic BTW?

[Website Design Perth]

True - I was referring to the original post.

Usually because it's not the only kind of functionality we employ.

[akkw]

Thanks for the suggestions.