IE6 Ignores JavaScript's return false on a Link

Why does IE6 ignores JavaScript's return false on a link and how to
fix it? Firefox works perfect!

<a href="page1.html" onclick="return test(this)">Test</a>
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JS:
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function test(obj)
{

vunet...@gmail.com said the following on 4/17/2007 12:29 PM:
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IE isn't ignoring the return false, it is returning true. The href
property is an absolute path in IE (test it with an alert).
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alert(obj.href)
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And you will see that the href property isn't what you expect it to be.
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On Apr 17, 12:41 pm, Randy Webb <HikksNotAtH...@aol.comwrote:

Sorry, I meant this does not work:

vunet...@gmail.com said the following on 4/17/2007 3:18 PM:
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Define "does not work" as I get the alert and the URL is not followed
with a copy/paste of your code. So you must have something else
(probably in the real doSomething()) that is causing it to break.
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>Sorry, I meant this does not work:
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>function doSomething(){
>alert('no go');
>}
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>function test(obj)
>{
if(obj.href.toString().indexOf("page1.html")!= -1){
doSomething();
return false;
}else{
return true;
}
>}

vunet...@gmail.com said:
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Have you even considered alerting the value of obj.href before deciding that the
browser doesn't work?
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>On Apr 17, 6:13 pm, Lee <REM0VElbspamt...@cox.netwrote:>
>I have a test case which shows that this function above works in IE6
>if used apart from the whole page. Within a page, it does not work and
>follows the link (when it shouldn't). I did not have a deeper look yet
>but will work on that shortly. Perhaps, in a meantime, anyone may have
>any suggestions for this approach: how effective it is and,
>considering all other facts, what other alternative may exist.

vunet...@gmail.com said:
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The approach is fine. Either the value of obj.href is not what you
expect, or your doSomething() function contains errors.
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