[whatwg] Return values of on* event handlers

Thu May 31 21:54:59 PDT 2007

On Sun, 23 Jul 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.

> That is, does the return value of the onclick handler cancel the event 
> if it's == to false, or only if it's === to false?
> 
> In shipping Geckos it only cancels if the return value === false; I 
> suspect other browsers behave similarly but it could use testing.

Yup. I fixed the spec to clarify this. Thanks!

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