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<!-- retrieves the value from href, skipping the first character -->
<a href="#1" onclick="document.forms.form_name.field_name.value=this.hash.substr(1)">Tab1</a>
<form name="form_name" action="" method="post">
<!-- defaults to tab 1 -->
<input type="hidden" name="field_name" value="1" />

</form>

Lekensteyn 2010-09-01 16:42:34

`getAttribute` doesn't work properly in IE, you'll get the resolved URL same as if you used `this.href`. So you'd end up with `ttp://something/#2`. `getAttribute`/`setAttribute` should almost never be used in HTML document; here, I suggest using `this.hash.slice(1)`.

bobince 2010-09-01 17:15:10

I used getAttribute to get the *real* attribute value. This works in Firefox, but as you pointed out, it doesn't work in IE. Nice solution, using Link.hash :) Could you explain why you've chosen for `.slice(1)` instead of `.substr(1)`?

Lekensteyn 2010-09-01 17:17:28

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