Hi, See the documentation for `Event.observe`[1] (which is what you're calling indirectly from the `Element#observe` function), specifically the "Preventing the Default Event Action and Bubbling" part, and the `Event` object[2]: You don't return false to cancel the `click` event, you use the `Event#preventDefault` function (which is a standard DOM function[3] that Prototype ensures is present even on implementations that lack it) or, more likely, `Event#stop`[4] which both prevents the default action and stops the event bubbling.
[1] http://api.prototypejs.org/dom/event/observe/ [2] http://api.prototypejs.org/dom/event/ [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Events/events.html#Events-Event-preventDefault [4] http://api.prototypejs.org/dom/event/stop/ HTH, -- T.J. Crowder Independent Software Engineer tj / crowder software / com www / crowder software / com On Oct 22, 2:41 am, JoJo <tokyot...@gmail.com> wrote: > I use anchors to call javascript functions. Usually, I do this: > > <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="someFunc(); return false;"> > call the function > </a> > > This works fine in all browsers. Window.onbeforeunload is never > triggered because the ONCLICK returns false, and thus the HREF if not > executed. When HREF is not executed, the browser does not believe that > the window in unloading. Now, I'm trying to create a dynamic anchor to > accomplish the same thing. It looks nearly identical to the HTML > anchor, but now it's triggering window.onbeforeunload in IE8. How do I > not trigger it? > > dynamicAnchor = new Element( > 'a', { > href: 'javascript:void(0)', > } > ).observe( > 'click', > function(parameter) { > return function() { > window.status = parameter; > return false; > } > }(localVariable) > ); -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
