JavaScript Links FAQ

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FAQ 18 Where does the target="" go when using location.href=""?
FAQ 38 How can I have a conditional link that will work on all browsers?
FAQ 55 How can I stop a link being loaded?
FAQ 69 How do I access to the part of the URL after the "?" character?
FAQ 75 How can I append a stock symbol from a form to a URL to load four documents in a frameset?
FAQ 95 Where do I place target="Main" in the following code?
FAQ 120 Is it possible to highlight the text of a link using onMouseOver?
FAQ 136 How do you hide the real address of a page?
FAQ 172 How can I show a different explanation for a link in the status bar as opposed to http://www.somewhere.com?
FAQ 177 How can I use the location replace method without causing problems in browsers that do not support it?
FAQ 188 Is there a way to access the links in a document?
FAQ 203 Is there a way to navigate to anchors within the current page using a drop down menu?
FAQ 230 How can I use an image onMouseOver event to load a new window, without an image click changing the location?
FAQ 260 When clicked, Internet Explorer puts a selection rectangle around an image link that stays there even after the script finishes. How can I get rid of it?
FAQ 298 How can I pass a complete absolute url from one page to another?
FAQ 361 How can I change the effect of a link tag so that Netscape and Explorer go to different locations?
FAQ 377 How can I access the value of a variable set on a different page - when I have to go through an intermidate page first?
FAQ 385 How can I change the current location after successfully submitting a form?
FAQ 386 How can I make the links target the main frame?
FAQ 392 How can I direct the location chosen from a dropdown menu to a new page?
FAQ 394 How can I prepare a link so that it already has escape search text?
FAQ 419 How can I change the href property of a link in another frame?
FAQ 454 How can I tell if a URL exists?
FAQ 455 How do you hide the real address of a page?
FAQ 463 Can I make links that aren't underlined?
FAQ 491 Is there any way of knowing the URL of the next document to be opened from within an onUnLoad event?
FAQ 516 How can I remove "NEW" on the links automatically?
FAQ 526 Can I create http connections to a url and exchange information?
FAQ 553 How can I use the replace method on a normal text link?
FAQ 573 How can I provide links to a cgi script for the date of the next seven days?
FAQ 588 How can I open a window that calls up a cgi perl but without the name/value pairs being visible as part of the new windows url?
FAQ 594 Is there a way to unconditionally direct the browser to an anchor tag?
FAQ 622 How can a hypertext link pass data using the POST method, and not the GET method?
FAQ 624 How can I make a mouse over on an image without a link?
FAQ 670 How can I tell which link within the links object array was clicked on?
FAQ 672 How can I pass a string value which is separated by spaces using the locations search string?
FAQ 687 How can I include today's date in the url of a link?
FAQ 768 How do I change the text in the location bar without changing to that location?
FAQ 870 How can I pass a querystring parameter from a link to a function on the linked page?
FAQ 903 Can you change the attributes of a link to italics?
FAQ 911 Are there any instances where the use of javascript: in a href attribute causes problems?
FAQ 926 How can I automate a text link so that its links to the current months "What's New" page?
FAQ 927 Can I incorporate both an open window function and a rollover function within the same image link?
FAQ 931 Is it possible to pass the the value of a form input text field from one page to another, and display the value as normal text?
FAQ 939 Why does location = url cause problems in Internet Explorer 4?
FAQ 976 How can I extract the directory path from the documents location?
FAQ 988 How can I pass the selected links text property as a parameter of the links href property?
FAQ 992 How can I accept a name/value pair in the current url and access it as a variable and value?
FAQ 1025 How can I pass the value of the selected option to the next page as part of the HREF property of a text link?
FAQ 1061 Is it possible for a link to target two different frames at the same time?
FAQ 1188 How can I extract just the filename (e.g. thispage.htm) of the URL currently loaded?
FAQ 1254 What are the different ways of accessing an anchor
FAQ 1270 Why when clicking a link can I not get two images to swap their sources, only one appears to do so?
FAQ 1365 How can I make a link unclickable after it is clicked?
FAQ 1369 How can I easily extract the filename from a URL?
FAQ 1377 How can I make the href property in a nested layer the same as the href property of the first link one layer up?
FAQ 1428 Is there any way to intercept a URL and add some more parameters to the search string?
FAQ 1440 Is there anyway to dynamically set the BASE HREF to something if the page is loaded locally and somewhere else is loaded from online?
FAQ 1450 If two urls map to the same page, how can I redirect from the old url to the new url without causing a loop?
FAQ 1458 How would you put the directory structure of a page at the top of a page (eg You are here: domain.com > directory > sub-directory > page.html?
FAQ 1459 How would you put the directory structure of a page at the top of a page (eg You are here: domain.com > directory > sub-directory > page.html, but where each part is a link to the relevant directory/file?
FAQ 1543 How can I allow a user, after having checked one of radio buttons, and clicked on an image to move onto a dedicated page depending on chosen radio button?
FAQ 1602 How can I make a link inactive (except for a popup window on mouse over) for those browsers which support JavaScript but remain active (clickable) for those browsers which don't?
FAQ 1677 How can I redirect to another page if there is no activity by the user for a certain amount of time?
FAQ 1686 How can I generate a page in JavaScript when a button is pressed that both replaces the current page in the browser's history, and cannot be linked to directly?
FAQ 1702 How can I use an external JavaScript source file to amend all the mailto links in a document such that it appends a generic subject line?
FAQ 1722 How can I force an unclicked link to look as though it had been clicked?
FAQ 1743 When placing the value of a JavaScript variable into a URL request, how do I correctly format the variable value, so that spaces etc are converted into the standard html request syntax?
FAQ 1747 How can I change the HREF attribute of a link when a form button is clicked?
FAQ 1806 How would I determine if the visitor's platform is either a Mac or a Windows machine and send them to the appropriate directory on my server?