Loadlistener instead of inline javascript?

[iceomnia]

Hi Guys,

I might be completely barking up the wrong tree but instead of having a link that looks like this:

<a href="http://www.example.com" id="1234" onmousedown="javascript:urlout('/out.jsp?url=http://www.example.com');">Click here</a> 

Is there some way of having the url look like this:

<a href="http://www.example.com" id="1234");">Click here</a> 

The id is present in the link so is this possible to catch the onmousedown event without it being in the link it's self?

[Fotiman]

You are not barking up the wrong tree. :)

Using Unobtrusive JavaScript is a good thing. You want to keep your markup clean and your JavaScript separate.

You can use your own methods for attaching event listeners. Here is one way using the Yahoo UI Library:
(Note, your id attribute is invalid. Id's must start with a letter, not a number, so in my example I've replaced "1234" with 'YOURID')

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://yui.yahooapis.com/2.8.0r4/build/yahoo-dom-event/yahoo-dom-event.js" ></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
YAHOO.util.Event.onDOMReady(function () {
  // Attach your listener
  YAHOO.util.Event.on('YOURID', 'mousedown', function (e) {
    urlout('/out.jsp?url=' + this.href);
  });
});
</script>

Hope that helps.