How to get to know which anchor link being clicked using javascript?

Question

Sorry I am new to JavaScript.

Says that a.html has two same anchor links (<a href="b.html">b</a>). The anchor links are uneditable but we could add JavaScript to the a.html.

Except for dynamic adding onclick event, any other ways could get to know which anchor link being clicked?

Answer 1

The only way to check is, as you suggested, through the click event.

Answer 2

You can use jQuery. Add the click event to the anchors and show the id using an alert:

$(document).ready(function(){
$("#anchor1").click(function(){
 alert($(this).attr('id'))
 });
$("#anchor2").click(function(){
 alert($(this).attr('id'))
 });
});

Answer 3

Okay, thanks for your help.