Close ... try this: $("a").click(function(){return alertSave($(this).attr("href"));});
function alertSave(url) { var dataControl = $('#changedAppointments').attr("value"); if (dataControl.length > 0) { if (confirm("You have made changes to this date which have not been saved.\n\nAre you sure you want to navigate from this page?")) { document.location = url; return true; } else return false; } } smeranda wrote: > > Still no luck, this is what I have: > > $("a").click(function(){alertSave($(this).attr("href"));}); > > function alertSave(url) { > var dataControl = $('#changedAppointments').attr("value"); > if (dataControl.length > 0) { > if (confirm("You have made changes to this date which have not > been > saved.\n\nAre you sure you want to navigate from this page?")) { > document.location = url; > } else return false; > } > } > > > > James Thomas wrote: >> >> You need to return false if you don't want something to happen. so if >> (confirm('whatever')) { do_whatever(); } else return false; >> >> smeranda wrote: >>> >>> When a user clicks a link and a form field currently has data, a >>> confirmation box appears. This is close to working, but if a user clicks >>> 'cancel' the browser still redirects to the a href URL. What am I doing >>> wrong? >>> >>> $("a").click(function(){alertSave($(this).attr("href"));}); >>> >>> function alertSave(url) { >>> var dataControl = $('#changedAppointments').attr("value"); >>> if (dataControl.length > 0) { >>> if (confirm("You have made changes to this date which have not >>> been >>> saved.\n\nAre you sure you want to navigate from this page?")) { >>> document.location = url; >>> } >>> } >>> } >>> >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/confirm-link-tf3350646.html#a9320032 Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/