Prevent default event action - jQuery Snipplr Social Repository

Revision: 35908

at November 15, 2010 05:12 by lamebollock

Initial Code

$("a").click(function(event) {
  event.preventDefault();
  //CODE
});

Initial URL

http://api.jquery.com/event.preventDefault/

Initial Description

Description: If this method is called, the default action of the event will not be triggered.

For example, clicked anchors will not take the browser to a new URL. We can use event.isDefaultPrevented() to determine if this method has been called by an event handler that was triggered by this event.

Initial Title

Prevent default event action

Initial Tags

event, jquery

Initial Language

jQuery

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