Ahhh, gotcha; thanks for the explanation. Jeremy
On Nov 25, 4:01 pm, "John Resig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was not aware that returning false (or anything else for that > > matter) from an event handling callback would do anything, but it > > sounds like doing so invokes both event.preventDefault() and > > event.stopPropagation() ... is that correct? If so, then a stop() > > method certainly does seem unnecessary. > > Yes, it calls both methods. > > > One other question: don't all JS functions return false by default (or > > rather, return nothing, which then gets coerced to false)? If so, > > wouldn't that make it so that every event handler you hook up > > automatically stops/prevents, unless you tell it to return something? > > It only gets coerced if we want it to (the normal return value is > undefined). We explicitly check for a false value ( === false) in > jQuery. > > --John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
