$(function() { var path = location.href; var page = path.substring(path.lastIndexOf("/")+1); // use html or php as appropiate if(page == ''){page = "index.html"}; $('#navbar a').each(function(){ var this$ = $(this); if(this$.attr('href') == page){ this$.css('cursor', 'default').removeAttr('href'); } }); // end each }); //end ready