Question

I’m using this jQuery selector:

$("a[href*='#']").click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    alert(#valueinhere)
});

to select links that link to an anchor

My links are absolute and relative so they can look like http://www.myweb.com/test#anchor or like test#anchor or like #anchor

How to get the string #anchor from all links above? Is there any regex or something like that?

(I can’t use window.location.hash because of e.preventDefault() that is necessary)

Answer 1

Why can’t you get the hash from the anchor element?

this.hash

It is independent of whether you’re preventing the default behavior of the click event.

$("a[href*='#']").click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    alert(this.hash);
});

Here’s a working example.