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Asked: 2026-06-09T00:02:58+00:00

I have this code as an example: <html> <head> <script type=text/javascript src=https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js></script> <script type=text/javascript>

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I have this code as an example:

<html>
<head>

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
function showonlyone(thechosenone) {
     $('.newboxes').each(function(index) {
          if ($(this).attr("id") == thechosenone) {
               $(this).show(200);
          }
          else {
               $(this).hide(600);
          }
     });
}
</script>

</head>

<body>

             <div style="border: 1px solid blue; background-color: #99CCFF; padding: 5px; width: 150px;">
                <a id="myHeader1" href="javascript:showonlyone('newboxes1');" >show this one only</a>
             </div>
             <div class="newboxes" id="newboxes1" style="border: 1px solid black; background-color: #CCCCCC; display: block;padding: 5px; width: 150px;">Div #1</div>


             <div style="border: 1px solid blue; background-color: #99CCFF; padding: 5px; width: 150px;">
                <a id="myHeader2" href="javascript:showonlyone('newboxes2');" >show this one only</a>
             </div>
             <div class="newboxes" id="newboxes2" style="border: 1px solid black; background-color: #CCCCCC; display: none;padding: 5px; width: 150px;">Div #2</div>

             <div style="border: 1px solid blue; background-color: #99CCFF; padding: 5px; width: 150px;">
                <a id="myHeader3" href="javascript:showonlyone('newboxes3');" >show this one only</a>
             </div>
             <div class="newboxes" id="newboxes3" style="border: 1px solid black; background-color: #CCCCCC; display: none;padding: 5px; width: 150px;">Div #3</div>

</body>
</html>

On a different page, I want to have a link that will show Div #2 when the user loads the page by clicking that external link. I want this to be possible by adding a hash variable to the URL, for instance: domain.com/page.html#newboxes2

Someone told me that such feature is possible by playing around this with:

$(function(){

  switch( window.location.hash ){
    case '#showcontainer1':
      $('#container1').fadeIn();
      break;
    default:
      $('#container2').fadeIn()
      break;
  }

});

However, after trying to wrap my head around how to add that code to my own code, I could not make it work. How does this work?

Any assistance is appreciate, my knowledge of coding is very limited so please be detailed if you choose to help.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Using your current html structure, all you will need to do is this. Navigating to domain.com/page.html#newboxes2 will result in the <div> with id as #newboxes2 will be shown. As you did before, set all of them to display:none; by default. You should consider pulling your styling out of the html and instead put them all between <style> tags at the top of your page. You can use class selectors (e.g. .newboxes) to apply the same style to all elements of a particular class.

    Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/eqPGW/4/

    Javascript:

    $(function() {
    var showBox = window.location.hash.indexOf('#newboxes') != -1;
    if(showBox) {
        $(window.location.hash).prev('.cover').hide();
        $(window.location.hash).show();
    }
    else {
        $('.cover').first().hide();
        $('.newboxes').first().show();   
    }

    $('.cover a').click(function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        var $cover = $(this).closest('.cover');
        $cover.hide();
        $('.cover').not($cover).show();
        $('.newboxes').hide();
        $cover.next('.newboxes').show();            
    });
});

    HTML/CSS:

    <html>
<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        // PUT SCRIPT HERE
    </script>
    <style>
        .newboxes {
            border: 1px solid black;
            background-color: #CCCCCC;
            display: none;
            padding: 5px;
            width: 150px;
        }
        .cover {
        border: 1px solid blue; background-color: #99CCFF; padding: 5px; width: 150px;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
     <div class="cover">
        <a id="myHeader1" href="#" >show this one only</a>
     </div>
     <div class="newboxes" id="newboxes1">Div #1</div>

     <div class="cover" >
        <a id="myHeader2" href="#" >show this one only</a>
     </div>
     <div class="newboxes" id="newboxes2">Div #2</div>

     <div class='cover' >
        <a id="myHeader3" href="#" >show this one only</a>
     </div>
     <div class="newboxes" id="newboxes2">Div #3</div>        

</body>
</html>
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