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jQuery - preventDefault() Method
Description:
The preventDefault() method prevents the browser from executing the default action.
You can use the method isDefaultPrevented to know whether this method was ever called (on that event object).
Syntax:
Here is the simple syntax to use this method:
Parameters:
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method:
Example:
Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method. This example demonstrate how you can stop the browser from changing the page to the href of any anchors.
<html>
<head>
<title>the title</title>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="/jquery/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("a").click(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
alert( "Default behavior is disabled!" );
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<span>Click the following link and it won't work:</span>
<a href="http://www.google.com">GOOGLE Inc.</a>
</body>
</html>
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