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Jquery, getting clicked a element's id and replacing another a element's href attribute.

Hello all,

I'm new to Jquery. Didn't have time yet to sit and read about it. Just read 1-2 articles and I realized it is more or less like a PHP, so I am trying to get some stuff work with Jquery.

I don't know if I should mention that I am currently using Jquery Tools library.

What I am trying to do is;
1. When I click delete link, Jquery will get the id of the a element.
2. Opens a modal box, replace "yes" link's href to confirm and delete the data.

I have everything working except 1 fatal problem.

Here is my list;
ID - TITLE - DELETE
5 - Test 5 - delete
4 - Test 4 - delete
3 - Test 3 - delete
2 - Test 2 - delete
1 - Test 1 - delete

When I click ID number 1, it is opening modal box and asking for confirmation. Everything works just fine as long as I will not click "no" and close the modal box and try to delete another one.

var formUrl = "includes/ajax/forms.php?do=delete_news&id=";
		$("a.confirm").click(function() {
				deleteUrl = formUrl + this.id
				// Add delete link to confirmation button
				$("a[href='#deleteUrl']").attr("href", deleteUrl)
			
			return false;
		});

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If I click on ID 1, the link is includes/ajax/forms.php?do=delete_news&id=1

Problem is, if I click no and later try to delete ID 2, it is still showing the same URL (includes/ajax/forms.php?do=delete_news&id=1)

Whichever ID, I will click first, if I will click no and try to delete another one, the first clicked element's ID is staying as permanent.

I will be glad if anyone could help me out with it.

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leakim971

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andreizz

<script type="text/javascript">
function show_confirm()
{
var r=confirm("Press a button");
if (r==true)
  {
  alert("You pressed OK!");
  }
else
  {
  alert("You pressed Cancel!");
  }
}
</script>

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This is how you use a confirm. http://www.w3schools.com/JS/js_popup.asp

pixalax

ASKER

@andreizz;
I don't want to use confirmation like an alert window. I prefer modal boxes, stylish yes - no buttons.

@leakim971;
Thank you for your comment. I was thinking why I can't update second time I click another link. Why the ID value wasn't changing.
Actually it was changing. The problem was, simply there wasn't href="#deleteUrl" anymore to replace, since it was replaced before with another value.

I just made a small modification and it is working perfectly. Thank you for your help.

var formUrl = "includes/ajax/forms.php?do=delete_news&id=";
	$('a.confirm').bind('click',function(){
		// Get ID of the element
		var deleteUrl = formUrl + $(this).attr('id');
		// Add delete link to confirmation button
		$("a#confirmBtn").attr('href', deleteUrl)
	 })

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pixalax

ASKER

Thank you once again for your fast reply.