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Hi!

I've built a dynamic navigation system which compares the filename in
the document URL with the filename in the navigation link in order to
determine which link to highlight as "active".

The problem I have is that the URL returned by document.URL (and
location.href) does not include the filename when I'm sitting on the
homepage. This means that when I compare the nav link with the
document URL, I don't get a match.

Eg:
document.URL and location.href returns "http://mydomain.com/"
The navigation link is "http://mydomain.com/index.html"

How can I find out the current document's filename if I'm sitting on
the homepage and the filename is not specified in the document URL?

Thanks in advance,

--Diarmaid.

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> Eg:
> document.URL and location.href returns "http://mydomain.com/"
> The navigation link is "http://mydomain.com/index.html"
>
> How can I find out the current document's filename if I'm sitting on
> the homepage and the filename is not specified in the document URL?
>

Make a default. If no filename is specified, it's the home page.



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Diarmaid wrote on 12 mei 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

> The problem I have is that the URL returned by document.URL (and
> location.href) does not include the filename when I'm sitting on the
> homepage. This means that when I compare the nav link with the
> document URL, I don't get a match.
>
> Eg:
> document.URL and location.href returns "http://mydomain.com/"
> The navigation link is "http://mydomain.com/index.html"
>
> How can I find out the current document's filename if I'm sitting on
> the homepage and the filename is not specified in the document URL?

lhref = document.URL;
if (/\/$/.test(lhref)) lhref += "index.html";
alert(lhref);

This will also do for all [sub]directories where index.html is the default.



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Balaji. M. wrote on 12 mei 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:
>> lhref = document.URL;
>> if (/\/$/.test(lhref)) lhref += "index.html";
>> alert(lhref);
>>
>> This will also do for all [sub]directories where index.html is the
>> default.
>
> Sometimes, default.htm, default.asp can also be used

Yes, but ...

clientside there is no way to see which default file is used.

Normally
index.htm,index.html,index.asp
default.htm,default.html,default.asp
etc.

this should not be a problem for clientside coding on the page, since you
will know what page you are coding on, unless you have a linked script.

why not try this:

<script type="text/javascript">var thispagenameis = "index.html"</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/lib/mylib.js"></script>

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