event.preventDefault()
Categories: Event Object
event.preventDefault()Returns: undefined
Description: If this method is called, the default action of the event will not be triggered.
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event.preventDefault()
version added: 1.0
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.
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Cancel the default action (navigation) of the click.
HTML:
<a href="http://jquery.com">default click action is prevented</a> <div id="log"></div>
Code:
$("a").click(function(event) { event.preventDefault(); $('<div/>') .append('default ' + event.type + ' prevented') .appendTo('#log'); });