jquery ReplaceWith not working with 2 buttons - html

Question

I have created 2 buttons, each button will replace content based on partial views, I could load the partial view on the page when I click the button, but this works only once, for instance I clicked button-1 and loaded data, now if I click on button 2 its not working, I needed to go back to main page to click again on button-2
<h3>
<a class="btn btn-warning" id="button1"> Partial View 1</a>
</h3>
<br/>
<h4>
<a class="btn btn-warning" id="buttton2"> Partial view 2</a>
</h4>
<br/> <br/>
<div id="testsim">
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
$('#button1').click(function () {
$.get('#Url.Action("partialview1", "Home")', function (data1) {
if (data1) {
$('#testsim').replaceWith(data);
}
});
});
$('#button2').click(function () {
$.get('#Url.Action("partialview2", "Home")', function (data2) {
if (data2) {
$('#testsim').replaceWith(data2);
}
});
});
});
</script>
I'm trying to achieve button clicks to toggle between two buttons, everytime button click should replace the content in div tag. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I think the problem is because of replaceWith() which replaces the element itself i.e. outerHTML-
$(function() {
let $html, current;
$('#button1').click(function() {
/* $.get('#Url.Action("partialview1", "Home")', function(data1) {
if (data1) {
$('#testsim').replaceWith(data);
}
});*/
current = `button 1 was <em>clicked</em>`;
$html = `<div><strong>${current}</strong></div>`;
$('#testsim').replaceWith($html);
});
$('#button2').click(function() {
/*$.get('#Url.Action("partialview2", "Home")', function(data2) {
if (data2) {
$('#testsim').replaceWith(data2);
}
});*/
current = `button 2 was <strong>clicked</strong>`;
$html = `<div><em>${current}</em></div>`;
$('#testsim').replaceWith($html);
});
});
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<h3>
<a class="btn btn-warning" id="button1"> Partial View 1</a>
</h3>
<br/>
<h4>
<a class="btn btn-warning" id="button2"> Partial view 2</a>
</h4>
<br/> <br/>
<div id="testsim" style="background: aquamarine; height: 200px">
</div>
As you can see that the styling of the element disappears after replacing. If you want to perform this operation then you should use html() which replaces only innerHTML-
$(function() {
let $html, current;
$('#button1').click(function() {
/* $.get('#Url.Action("partialview1", "Home")', function(data1) {
if (data1) {
$('#testsim').replaceWith(data);
}
});*/
current = `button 1 was <em>clicked</em>`;
$html = `<div><strong>${current}</strong></div>`;
$('#testsim').html($html);
});
$('#button2').click(function() {
/*$.get('#Url.Action("partialview2", "Home")', function(data2) {
if (data2) {
$('#testsim').replaceWith(data2);
}
});*/
current = `button 2 was <strong>clicked</strong>`;
$html = `<div><em>${current}</em></div>`;
$('#testsim').html($html);
});
});
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<h3>
<a class="btn btn-warning" id="button1"> Partial View 1</a>
</h3>
<br/>
<h4>
<a class="btn btn-warning" id="button2"> Partial view 2</a>
</h4>
<br/> <br/>
<div id="testsim" style="background: aquamarine; height: 200px">
</div>
Hope this helps you.