Question

I am using html and js, and I want to display a chunk of html code if the user clicks something. The code is a bit big so using document.getElementById("display").innerHTML = is not attractive. I googled and found out about IFrame, but I want to avoid scroll bars and stuff, I hoped I could use a simple div, how can I do that? I am using jquery as well, I know about the hide() function in jquery, but the thing is that the stuff in the div with id display should change dynamically, so if the user clicks item1 he should get text1, item2 should get text2, and i want to have a specific place for textx

Answer 1

It sounds like you’re looking for something like

$('.ShowLink').click(function() { 
    $('#' + this.rel).toggle();
    return false;
});

This will toggle the element with the ID specified by the rel= attribute of each element with the ShowLink class.
For example:

<a href="#" rel="Text1" class="ShowLink">Show something</a>
...
<div id="Text1">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
</div>