The event object doesn't exist in your callback function, you have to put it in the function parameter list:
$("#send").click(function (event){ // <- over here event.preventDefault(); }); On Jul 17, 10:28 am, robotwink <robotw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Here's how it looks: > > <script type="text/javascript"> > <!-- > > $(document).ready(function() { > $("#send").click(function (){ > > event.preventDefault(); > > }); > > }); > > //--> > </script> > > On Jul 17, 4:25 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Without seeing the context of the rest of your code, it's difficult to > > help. Are you sure 'event' is set to the correct event object? > > > On Jul 17, 10:18 am, robotwink <robotw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm using IE8 and when I pass: event.preventDefault(); I get an error > > > message: > > > > Webpage error details > > > > User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/ > > > 4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR > > > 3.0.30729; .NET CLR 3.5.30729) > > > Timestamp: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:07:41 UTC > > > > Message: Object doesn't support this property or method > > > Line: 256 > > > Char: 3 > > > > Please help. Thanks. > >