I have some links within div. If users click any area in the div, it should do something. But it should do something else if users click on a link.
How could I find out if the click is on a link?
BTW, I cannot use onclick() function on the link.
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.0.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="mydiv">
do something<br />
<a href="#"> do other</a><br />
do something<br />
</div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$('.mydiv').click(function () {
var ahref = $(this).attr('href');
if (ahref == null) {
alert('do something');
} else {
alert('do other');
}
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
You can use the nodeName property to check whether the clicked element is having an a tag or not.
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.0.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="mydiv">
do something<br />
<a href="#"> do other</a><br />
do something<br />
</div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$('.mydiv').click(function (e) {
if (e.target.nodeName == 'A') {
alert('do other');
} else {
alert('do something');
}
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node/nodeName