view-source:'+document.location'

[John Taylor-Johnston]

This will give me the source of the current page.

<a herf="javascript:document.location = 'view-source:'+document.location">testpage.htm</a>

I want to display the source of another page, using something like this but it doesn't work:

<a herf="javascript:document.location = 'view-source:'+'testpage.htm'>testpage.htm</a>

?? Won't work, unless it is saved on a server with http:// in front of it.

 

[Martin Honnen]

This will give me the source of the current page.

<a herf="javascript:document.location = 'view-source:'+document.location">testpage.htm</a>

I want to display the source of another page, using something like this but it doesn't work:

<a herf="javascript:document.location = 'view-source:'+'testpage.htm'>testpage.htm</a>

?? Won't work, unless it is saved on a server with http:// in front of it.

Try
<a href="testpage.htm"
onclick="location.href = 'view-source:' + this.href;
return false">

 

[Janwillem Borleffs]

I want to display the source of another page, using something like this but it doesn't work:

<a herf="javascript:document.location =

?? Won't work, unless it is saved on a server with http:// in front of it.

True, you will have to prepend a protocol. When you are not testing on a
webserver, you should use the file:// protocol.

Regarding the usage of the javascript: pseudo-protocol, you should read:
http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_24


JW

 

[John Taylor-Johnston]

MartinTry

<a href="testpage.htm"
onclick="location.href = 'view-source:' + this.href;
return false">

Thanks. Great. Just for fun, ii wanted to put in all inside the href=""

<a href="javascriptnclick="location.href = 'view-source:' + this.href; return false"">click</a>

I have too many quotes. How can I work around this?

Still learning ...

 

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Thanks. Great. Just for fun, ii wanted to put in all inside the href=""

<a href="javascriptnclick="location.href = 'view-source:' + this.href; return false"">click</a>

That won't work. The script uses "this.href" which referst to the
actual href of the link. If you put the script itself into the href, then
it won't have the URL it needs.

I have too many quotes. How can I work around this?

To fix the quotes, use something like:

<a href="javascriptnclick='location.href = \'view-source:\' + this.href;
return false'">click</a>

As I said, it won't work. You generally shouldn't use the javascript:
pseudo protocol. You definitly shouldn't return false from it, it isn't
an event handler.

Still learning ...

Unlearn "javascript:" for responding to clicks, it will be better for
you in the long run.

/L

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Regarding the usage of the javascript: pseudo-protocol, you should read:
http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_24

I still don't understand why people are continuously calling `javascript:'
a "pseudo protocol". It is part of an URI, and RFC 2396 does not state that
an URI must address a specific protocol. The part before the `:' identifies
an URI scheme, so `javascript:' is simply a not-standardized URI scheme.


PointedEars