Try this
HTML
<a href="" id="link1" data-status="inactive">Link 1</a>
<a href="" id="link2" data-status="inactive">Link 2</a>
JQuery
$(function(){
$.fn.toggleContent = function(ahtml) {
var cstatus = $(this).attr("data-status");
$("a[id^=link]").attr("data-status","inactive");
if(cstatus == "inactive") {
$('.container').html(ahtml).show();
$(this).attr("data-status","active");
}
else {
$('.container').html(ahtml).hide();
$(this).attr("data-status","inactive");
}
return false;
};
$('#link1').click(function(){
$(this).toggleContent('Test 1');
});
$('#link2').click(function(){
$(this).toggleContent('Test 2');
});
});