Question

I have a link

<a id="special_link" href="" onclick="" >Link</a>

Is it possible to use Jquery in the onclick part and apply something to the current element?

Something similar with :

$("#special_link").html('test'); 

Update :

• I want to change the content after click
• I would prefer using $this so I don’t depend on the id

Answer 1

The code you provided will work as-is in the onclick attribute, like T.J. Crowder pointed out. Is your problem using jQuery for the current element? like this:

<a href='#' onclick='$(this).html("a test link");'>a link</a>