Change content of div - jQuery

How is it possible to change the content of this div, when one of the LINKS is clicked?

<div align="center" id="content-container">
    <a href="#" class="click cgreen">Main Balance</a>
    <a href="#" class="click cgreen">PayPal</a>
    <a href="#" class="click cgreen">AlertPay</a>
</div>

You could subscribe for the .click event for the links and change the contents of the div using the .html method:

$('.click').click(function() {
    // get the contents of the link that was clicked
    var linkText = $(this).text();

    // replace the contents of the div with the link text
    $('#content-container').html(linkText);

    // cancel the default action of the link by returning false
    return false;
});

Note however that if you replace the contents of this div the click handler that you have assigned will be destroyed. If you intend to inject some new DOM elements inside the div for which you need to attach event handlers, this attachments should be performed inside the .click handler after inserting the new contents. If the original selector of the event is preserved you may also take a look at the .delegate method to attach the handler.

There are 2 jQuery functions that you'll want to use here.

1) click. This will take an anonymous function as it's sole parameter, and will execute it when the element is clicked.

2) html. This will take an html string as it's sole parameter, and will replace the contents of your element with the html provided.

So, in your case, you'll want to do the following:

$('#content-container a').click(function(e){
    $(this).parent().html('<a href="#">I\'m a new link</a>');
    e.preventDefault();
});

If you only want to add content to your div, rather than replacing everything in it, you should use append:

$('#content-container a').click(function(e){
    $(this).parent().append('<a href="#">I\'m a new link</a>');
    e.preventDefault();
});

If you want the new added links to also add new content when clicked, you should use event delegation:

$('#content-container').on('click', 'a', function(e){
    $(this).parent().append('<a href="#">I\'m a new link</a>');
    e.preventDefault();
});

$('a').click(function(){
 $('#content-container').html('My content here :-)');
});

You can try the same with replacewith()

$('.click').click(function() {
    // get the contents of the link that was clicked
    var linkText = $(this).text();

    // replace the contents of the div with the link text
    $('#content-container').replaceWith(linkText);

    // cancel the default action of the link by returning false
    return false;
});

The .replaceWith() method removes content from the DOM and inserts new content in its place with a single call.

Change content of div - jQuery

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