Getting value of text when clicked.

[GB_001]

Hello,

is it possible to get the value of any onclick event link when clicked, through some sort of system?

[GB_001]

For example putting clicked text into a variable.

[haku]

Yes, although how you do it depends on the type of tag that you are doing this on. For example the functions to extract the text from a textarea are different from the function used to extract the text from a div or a p.

[rhodesa]

sounds like you want to use the keyword 'this', which refers to the object be clicked. example:

 

<script type="text/javascript">
  function alertText ( text ) {
    alert(text);
  }
</script>
<div id="foobar" onclick="alertText(this.id);">Click Me</div>

[GB_001]

Thankyou!