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Link to alter another CSS element on the same page?
I'm trying to learn CSS/HTML etc and need some more advice/help!!
Ok, so say you've got two 300 x 300 elements/divs on the screen... The first element/div has a couple of links in it - something like:
<a href="new page 1">new page 1</a>
and
<a href="new page 2">new page 2</a>
... Is there any way to use this system to just alter the information (txt/background image etc) in the other 300 x 300 element/div on the screen rather than load up a new page altogether??
Does that make sense?
Has it got something to do with frames or something? Or is that something totally different!?
4 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
What you're looking for is actually DHTML (Dynamic HTML). Javascript can alter the content of a part of the document. (AJAX uses the concept, but you don't need AJAX if the document itself is altering the document - AJAX sends data to a server page, php or ASP, gets data back and alters the page with that data.) Try http://w3schools.com/htmldom/default.asp to learn the document object model and http://w3schools.com/dhtml/default.asp for a DHTML tutorial. You'll need to learn Javascript - that's what does the work of changing parts of the document (the contents of a div in your case).
- 1 decade ago
What you are talking about is usually solved with a relatively new and complicated (for a novice) concept, AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and XML). It's where you make XML work with Javascript to load only PART of a page. I'm not sure that you want to bother with this. You say that you're only now beginning to learn the ropes of HTML and CSS. I'd say that you should have a firm footing in these two concepts before you move onto the tougher concept of AJAX, where you can control individual div tags.
A frame is a good idea, since you're only loading what's inside the frame, but that still requires loading of another web page, only it will be inside an existing web page.
I hope this helps and doesn't put you off web design, because it's a great skill to posses.
Pat.
- 1 decade ago
You could use the Javascript so that when the link is clicked the div related to it either opens or closes. Link here, http://www.harrymaugans.com/2007/03/05/how-to-crea...
