Question

i have this html:

<ul class="cont_ul4">

<li class="cont_li">
<div class="cont_picture">
<a href=""><img src="1.jpg" width="150" height="225" ></a>
</div>
</li>

<li class="cont_li">
<div class="cont_picture">
<a href=""><img src="2.jpg" width="150" height="225" ></a>
</div>
</li>

</ul>

and this function:

function ajax_request() {
$('#placeholder').html('<p><img class="loader" src="/loader.gif"></p>');
$('#placeholder').load("/test.php?id=1234556");
}

what i need is when i click on the image to trigger this function.

with an input button i could do this:

<input type="button" onclick="ajax_request()" value="Click Me!" />

any ideas?
Thanks

Answer 1

Give your image an id:

<img id="myImage" src="1.jpg" width="150" height="225" style="cursor:pointer">

Then in Javascript:

$("#myImage").click(ajax_request);

Or if you want to run the same function for all images:

$("img").click(ajax_request);

However it would be better to give your images a CSS class and then use that. That way you can restrict the click action to specific images:

<img class="link-image" src="1.jpg" width="150" height="225">
...
<img class="link-image" src="2.jpg" width="150" height="225">

Then:

$(".link-image").click(ajax_request);