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hengecyche
hengecyche

Reputation: 409

preventDefault() not working

//prevent default handler
function click_handler(event){            
  if(event.shiftKey){
      event.preventDefault();
  }
}
//event listener
var file_mgmt=document.querySelector('div.filemanager'); 
if(window.addEventListener){
        file_mgmt.addEventListener('click',click_handler,false);
    }else if(window.attachEvent){
        file_mgmt.attachEvent('onclick',click_handler);
    }else{
        file_mgmt.onclick=click_handler;
    }

basically file_mgmt is a div container which is enclosed with tag linking to another links. Since Shift+click opens the link in new _blank tab i want to prevent it since it will damage the original page layout.

Giving up after a while, i even tried following from Mozilla doc:Event.preventDefault(), the result being the same.

Any Suggestions?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 68

Answers (1)

vxsx
vxsx

Reputation: 468

Preventing default action when clicking on a div will not do anything since by default it doesn't do anything anyway. You should attach the click handler to the actual link instead.

Upvotes: 1

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