[whatwg] Return values of on* event handlers
Dean Edwards
dean at edwards.name
Sun Jul 23 14:37:20 PDT 2006
Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> Consider the following testcase:
>
> <!DOCTYPE html>
> <a href="http://www.example.com" onclick="return 0">Click me</a>
>
> Should clicking the link load www.example.com?
>
Yes. You should explicitly return "false" to cancel an event.
Most event handlers return nothing (undefined) which is equivalent to
false. So equivalence is not good enough.
-dean
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