Disabling links

[Terry]

I thought that <a href="nowhere.htm" onclick="javascript: return
false">
would disable that link. It does in Firefox but is not doing so in
IE.

Am I doing something wrong? Is there a way to do it that is cross-
browser safe?

Thanks,
Terry

[Evertjan.]

Terry wrote on 21 sep 2007 in comp.lang.javascript:

I thought that <a href="nowhere.htm" onclick="javascript: return
false">
would disable that link. It does in Firefox but is not doing so in
IE.

Am I doing something wrong?

Yes.

1 the javascript: is not neccessary,
(unless you have clientside [IE only] vbscript on the same page)

2 it works in IE.

Is there a way to do it that is cross-browser safe?

No,
when Javascript is absent or deactivated in the browser
or has simply errored out,
the link is followed.
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Evertjan.
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[Ivan Marsh]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:52:11 -0700, Terry wrote:

I thought that <a href="nowhere.htm" onclick="javascript: return
false">
would disable that link. It does in Firefox but is not doing so in
IE.

Am I doing something wrong? Is there a way to do it that is cross-
browser safe?

This my be a stupid question by why would you bother to provide a link
in the first place if you intend for it to be disabled?

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