I need to set the href attribute of a link to point to a specific image, which has its id from the database set as its title. However, I am having trouble with trying to format the string to include a call to get the title attribute of the image.
Here is the base string:
$("#favoriteLink").hover(function() {
$(this).attr("href", '<%: Url.Action("FavoriteWallpaper", "Wallpaper", new{wallpaperId='+$(this).children.attr("title")+'}) %>');
});
favoriteLink is a div and the child is just one image.
Oh no, you can't mix server side code and javascript as you are trying to. How about this:
$('#favoriteLink').hover(function() {
var title = $(this).children.attr('title');
$(this).attr('href', function() {
var url = '<%= Url.Action("FavoriteWallpaper", "Wallpaper", new { wallpaperId= "_TITLE_TO_REPLACE_"}) %>';
return this.href.replace('_TITLE_TO_REPLACE_', title);
});
});
You're URL.Action is rendered serverside and your javascript client-side. You wont have access to dom elements when you're trying to build the link.
You should get the actual URL thats rendered in URL.Action and build the string client-side