How to retrieve the homepage filename when filename doesn't exist in URL

[Diarmaid]

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.

[kaeli]

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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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[Evertjan.]

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.]

Evertjan. wrote:

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.

Sometimes, default.htm, default.asp can also be used

[Evertjan.]

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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