Jquery href Click
HTML Code <a class="sign_new" href="#sign_up" data-value="110">Sign up</a> JavaScript+jQuery 1.8.3 $(document).ready(function(){ $('a[href="#sign_up"]').click(function(){ alert('Sign new href executed.'); var a = $(this).data("value"); alert(a); }); }); To add a certain value to anchor tag? <a href="#" data-value="1">Text</a> <script type="text/javascript"> $("a").click(function(){ i=$(this).data("value"); $('#square').animate({'left': i * 360}); }); </script> DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/pnGbP/