I have created a page that loads data through AJAX using the jQuery .load function.
When loading a new file by clicking on a tab on the bar, I change the selected tab's color to yellow using jQuery. Initially, I tried using the .toggleClass function to set the class of an li element to active and turn it yellow, but it didn't work, so I ended up resetting the CSS every time.
How can I reduce the redundant code or completely revamp the script?
Here is the jQuery script. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
$(document).ready(function () {
$('a#catalog').click(function() {
$("#nav ul li a").css("color","white");
$(this).css("color","yellow");
$("#content").load("files/catalog.html");
});
$('a#request').click(function() {
$("#nav ul li a").css("color","white");
$(this).css("color","yellow");
$("#content").load("files/request.html");
});
$('a#publisher').click(function() {
$("#nav ul li a").css("color","white");
$(this).css("color","yellow");
$("#content").load("files/publisher.html");
});
$('a#incoming').click(function() {
$("#nav ul li a").css("color","white");
$(this).css("color","yellow");
$("#content").load("files/incoming.html");
});
$('a#finished').click(function() {
$("#nav ul li a").css("color","white");
$(this).css("color","yellow");
$("#content").load("files/finished.html");
});
$('a#shipments').click(function() {
$("#nav ul li a").css("color","white");
$(this).css("color","yellow");
$("#content").load("files/shipments.html");
});
});
Below is the navigation bar:
<div class="bar" id="nav">
<ul class="left">
<li><a href="#" id="request">Request Search</a></li>
<li><a href="#" id="catalog">Catalog Search</a></li>
<li><a href="#" id="publisher">Request from Publisher</a></li>
<li><a href="#" id="incoming">Catalog Incoming Files</a></li>
<li><a href="#" id="finished">Send Finished Files</a></li>
<li><a href="#" id="shipments">Shipments</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
And finally, the CSS styles are as follows:
.bar { margin: 5px 0; position: relative; height: 20px; background-color: #515e6c; }
.bar a { color: #fff; }
.bar ul li a:hover { color: yellow; }
/* .bar ul li.active { color: yellow; } */
ul { margin: .3em 0; }
ul li { display: inline; padding: 0 5px; border-right: 1px solid #fff; }
ul li:last-child { border-right: none; }
Thank you in advance for any input!