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JavaScript DHTML » HTML » Hyper Link 
Prevent the browser from following the link


/*
Examples From
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

Legal matters: these files were created by David Flanagan, and are
Copyright (c) 2001 by David Flanagan.  You may use, study, modify, and
distribute them for any purpose.  Please note that these examples are
provided "as-is" and come with no warranty of any kind.

David Flanagan
*/


// This function is suitable for use as an onclick event handler for <a> and
// <area> elements.  It uses the this keyword to refer to the document element,
// and may return false to prevent the browser from following the link.
function confirmLink() {
  return confirm("Do you really want to visit " this.href + "?");
}

// This function loops through all the hyperlinks in a document and assigns
// the confirmLink function to each one as an event handler.  Don't call it
// before the document is parsed and the links are all defined.  It is best
// to call it from the onload event handler of a <body> tag.
function confirmAllLinks() {
  for(var i = 0; i < document.links.length; i++) {
    document.links[i].onclick = confirmLink;
  }
}

           
       
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