I'm going to go against the grain here and say I hate it when people use # as the link. It makes the browser jump to the top of the page, and it adds a page to the history. Maybe most people prefer that, but I'm not one of them.
Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:rails-spinoffs- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Fuchs > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:38 AM > To: rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org > Subject: Re: [Rails-spinoffs] Completely off-topic, so flame me > > "If I hit Ctrl+Alt+Del the computer reboots!" > > Anyway, the accepted "normal" solution to this is: > > <a href="#" onclick="blablabla(); return false">bla</a> > > This makes sure: > > - page will validate, as "#" is a valid URL > - link doesn't do anything (expect for jumping to the top of the > page) when Javascript isn't active > - shift-click stuff shouldn't break things (probably doesn't do what > the user wants either, but...) > - "return false" makes sure the browser won't follow the link after > your JS stuff has run > > -Thomas > > Am 15.08.2006 um 17:23 schrieb Sam: > > > > > There's a lot of old-solutions to this problem lingering on Google, > > so it's difficult for me to determine if there's a more modern > > solution to this problem. A customer posted a complaint yesterday > > about how I'm coding href's when an onclick event is used and the > > href should not be used. It seems the complaint is that holding > > the shift key and clicking the link opens a new window pointing to > > javascript:void(0). > > > > Reminds me: Doctor, it hurts when I hit my head with this > > hammer... (don't hold the shift key and click might be a solution) > > > > href="#" // I never do this > > > > href="javascript:void(0)" // this is what I do, but I read void(0) > > is deprecated over null? > > > > should I use something else? > > > > Sam > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails-spinoffs mailing list > > Rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-spinoffs > > _______________________________________________ > Rails-spinoffs mailing list > Rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-spinoffs _______________________________________________ Rails-spinoffs mailing list Rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-spinoffs
