I want to click on divs link and open info on other div within same page

Question

I want to click on one divs link and open info on other div in same page. but im not getting the expected result.

 $("#sidebar a").click(function(e) { e.preventDefault(); $(".toggle").hide(); var toShow = $(this).attr('href'); $(toShow).show(); }); 

 <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <div class="footer"> <div class="sidebar"> <a href="#content1"</a><center>About NewLeaf</center><br> <a href="#content2"</a><center>Vission</center><br> <a href="#content3"</a><center>Cooperative Principles</center><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> </div> <div id="article"> <div id="content1" class="toggle" style="display:none">showknfdkjgbjbjdf the stuff1</div> <div id="content2" class="toggle" style="display:none">show the gffstuff2</div> <div id="content3" class="toggle" style="display:none">show thegd stuff3</div> </div> </div> 

Answer 1

Use eq() function to toggle corresponding div.

Note : Had to remove break-lines br from the DOM, to get right indexes . Use css styling instead.

 $(".sidebar a").click(function(e) { e.preventDefault(); $('.toggle').eq($(this).index()).toggle(); }); 

 a { margin: 10px; } 

 <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <div class="footer"> <div class="sidebar"> <a href="#content1"> <center>About NewLeaf</center> </a> <a href="#content2"> <center>Vission</center> </a> <a href="#content3"> <center>Cooperative Principles</center> </a> </div> <div id="article"> <div id="content1" class="toggle" style="display:none">showknfdkjgbjbjdf the stuff1</div> <div id="content2" class="toggle" style="display:none">show the gffstuff2</div> <div id="content3" class="toggle" style="display:none">show thegd stuff3</div> </div> </div>lt. 

Answer 2

You are looking for an element with the id sidebar . But there's only an element with class sidebar .

So change $('#sidebar a') to $('.sidebar a')