not sure why this is returning undefined. The element exists and I even tried to change the ID property to make sure it wasn't conflicting with anything in the namespace.
I also am importing jquery, so that's not the issue. The double brackets are for Django context variables
Any thoughts?
<script type="text/javascript">
//return to search page with appropriate GET parameters
var parameters=window.location.search +'';
$('#back').attr('href',$('#back').attr('href')+parameters);
</script>
<div id="content">
<a id="back" href="{{site}}search/"><< Return to Search Results </a>
</div>
Make sure you're modifying the attribute after the DOM is fully loaded by putting your code inside a call to $(document).ready():
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function()
{
var parameters=window.location.search +'';
$('#back').attr('href',$('#back').attr('href')+parameters);
});
</script>
The code as it appears in your question will fail if the script
tag is inside the body
, because the Javascript will be invoked as it's parsed, and at that point in time, your anchor tag has yet to be parsed.