Example
Prevent a link from opening the URL, and check if preventDefault() was called:
document.getElementById("myAnchor").addEventListener("click",
function(event){
event.preventDefault()
alert("Was preventDefault() called: " + event.defaultPrevented);
});
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Definition and Usage
The defaultPrevented event property checks whether the preventDefault() method was called for the event.
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| defaultPrevented | 18.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 11.0 |
Syntax
event.defaultPrevented
Technical Details
| Return Value: | A Boolean, indicating whether the preventDefault() method was called for the event.
Possible values:
|
|---|---|
| DOM Version: | DOM Level 3 Events |
< Event Object