javascript url

[Art X]

What I've been trying to do is this:

<a href="javascript:thisFunction(); return false;">Do This</a>

It doesn't work, so I'm doing this:

<a href="javascript:void();" onclick="thisFunction(); return false;">Do
This</a>

And I'm not even sure if I'm doing the void properly. Is there a way to
accomplish this without using the void ?

Later, Art.

[Mick White]

Art X wrote:

What I've been trying to do is this:

<a href="javascript:thisFunction(); return false;">Do This</a>

It doesn't work, so I'm doing this:

<a href="javascript:void();" onclick="thisFunction(); return false;">Do
This</a>

And I'm not even sure if I'm doing the void properly. Is there a way to
accomplish this without using the void ?

<a href="nonJavascriptPage.html;"
onclick="thisFunction(); return false;">
Do This
</a>

[David Dorward]

Mick White wrote:

<a href="nonJavascriptPage.html;"
onclick="thisFunction(); return false;">
Do This
</a>

Or better:

<a href="JS-failed.html" onclick="return thisFunction()">

where thisFunction() has a suitable return statement.

This lets you deal with circumstances such as a function that uses W3C DOM
to dynamically add content. It would fail in Netscape 4 and IE 4, but a
plain return false wouldn't, so such users would get nothing (except JS
errors).

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[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

David Dorward <do*****@yahoo.com> writes:

<a href="JS-failed.html" onclick="return thisFunction()">

where thisFunction() has a suitable return statement.

This lets you deal with circumstances such as a function that uses W3C DOM
to dynamically add content. It would fail in Netscape 4 and IE 4, but a
plain return false wouldn't, so such users would get nothing (except JS
errors).

Well, if you have errors, the exection will never reach the "return
false", and the link would be followed anyway :)

Still, it's a good suggestion, as it allows the function to decide,
gracefully, to have the link followed.

/L
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[Art X]

So in any case I should have the actual page (or an alternate) in the
link ?

Thanks for the help, I appreciate it.

Later, Art.

[David Dorward]

Art X wrote:

What is the context of this message? Please quote relevent material! :)

So in any case I should have the actual page (or an alternate) in the
link ?

Yes. If you attach JavaScript to a link and do not want the user to be
directed to another page when they click on said link, then set the value
of the href to a page suitable for users for whom the JS does not function
correctly (which, in an ideal world, usually means duplicating the client
side code on the server.).
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