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javascript call inside a bookmark

wondering if it is possible to have a javascript call inside a html bookmark like:

<a href="bookmark">Go down</a>
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.
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<a name="down" href="javascript:alert('movedhere')">

so when visitor clicks on "Go down" the alert message appears but also when url="/#bookmark" then again the function is called.

Solution

  • It's neither scalable nor elegant but it would work if you checked the fragment of the current page when the page loads:

    <script>
function myCallback()
{
    alert('movedhere');
}
</script>

<a href="#down" onclick="myCallback()">Go down</a>
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.
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<a name="down">

<script>
var frag = window.location.hash;
if (frag === '#down')
{
    myCallback();
}
</script>

    https://developer.mozilla.org/en/window.location#Properties