Try a "return false" instead of "event.preventDefault()"
Liam Pitchwife wrote:
Hello all, I'm trying to run through the simplest tutorials on jquery and for some reason I can't get any of the jquery code to work. I've downloaded jquery and I've made sure that this file is in the same directory as jquery-1.3.2.js. This is the code taken from the tutorial: <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <script src="jquery-1.3.2.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("a").click(function(event){ alert("As you can see, the link no longer took you to jquery.com"); event.preventDefault(); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <a href="http://jquery.com/";>jQuery</a> </body> </html> when the user clicks on the link it shouldn't take them to jquery.com, instead it should display an alert box. but it takes me to jquery.com every time. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.113/2400 - Release Date: 09/28/09 05:51:00
