href and onclick property of anchor tag.

[dmjpro]

Today i encountered a problem with anchor tag in IE 6.
Basically it is told that ... we should write ..

<a herf="javascript:void(0);" onclick="function_call(..);return false;">Display Name</a>

Why it is suggested? If inside that function call if i try to change the href value that window then it does not work if i don't have return false statement after function call. If i have that then it works. But if i have return false inside the function then it also does not work. Why does it happen ?

[Dormilich]

onclick="function() {return false;}" --> onclick="false"
onclick="return function() {return false}" --> onclick="return false"
// compare to
onclick="function() {...}; return false;" --> onclick="{some action}; return false;"

these are two different statements

I think it has something to do with the fact that both the event and the hypertext reference fire on click.

[dmjpro]

onclick="function() {return false;}" --> onclick="false"
onclick="return function() {return false}" --> onclick="return false"
// compare to
onclick="function() {...}; return false;" --> onclick="{some action}; return false;"

these are two different statements

I think it has something to do with the fact that both the event and the hypertext reference fire on click.

Oh Shit!
Sorry i could have explained myself ...shame on me ... :(
Anyway thanks ....