Jump to specific location on the page based on elements class

Question

I have two HTML elements and both of them are hidden at the start:

    <div class="alert alert-danger divMessage" id="lblErrorMobile" style="display:none;"></div>
    <div class="alert alert-success divMessage" id="lblSuccessMobile" style="display:none;"></div>

I know I can navigate to one or the another like this:

window.location.href = '#lblErrorMobile';
window.location.href = '#lblSuccessMobile';

Is it possible to navigate on each of these by class - let's say, a class divMessage ?

My problem is that those labels are not shown by default. They are showing separately if there is error or success. And if I try to navigate on a label which is hidden, navigation does not happen. That is why navigating by class would be so handy - one or the other will be always visible.

Answer 1

It looks like you should use a container for both div that you will jump to instead of having to know which div you should jump to. For instance :

<div id="messages">
    <div class="alert alert-danger divMessage" id="lblErrorMobile" style="display:none;"></div>
    <div class="alert alert-success divMessage" id="lblSuccessMobile" style="display:none;"></div>
</div>

Then jump to #messages .

Answer 2

You can use anchor tags to navigate around your site, without using Javascript.

https://codepen.io/anon/pen/ejrEzL

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<div style="position: fixed; right: 10px; top: 10px;">
  <a href="#top">go to top</a>
  <a href="#middle">go to middle</a>
  <a href="#end">go to end</a>
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Or using javascript you can using the following method:

var el = document.getElementById("my-element");
el.scrollIntoView();