Thanks T.J.
The solution is:
dynamicAnchor = new Element(
'a', {
href: 'javascript:void(0)'
}
).observe(
'click',
function(parameter) {
return function(event) {
window.status = parameter;
Event.stop(event);
}
}(localVariable)
);
On Oct 22, 4:39 am, "T.J. Crowder" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> See the documentation for `Event.observe`[1] (which is what you're
> calling indirectly from the `Element#observe` function), specifically
> the "Preventing the Default Event Action and Bubbling" part, and the
> `Event` object[2]: You don't return false to cancel the `click` event,
> you use the `Event#preventDefault` function (which is a standard DOM
> function[3] that Prototype ensures is present even on implementations
> that lack it) or, more likely, `Event#stop`[4] which both prevents the
> default action and stops the event bubbling.
>
> [1]http://api.prototypejs.org/dom/event/observe/
> [2]http://api.prototypejs.org/dom/event/
> [3]http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Events/events.html#Events-Event-prev...
> [4]http://api.prototypejs.org/dom/event/stop/
>
> HTH,
> --
> T.J. Crowder
> Independent Software Engineer
> tj / crowder software / com
> www / crowder software / com
>
> On Oct 22, 2:41 am, JoJo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I use anchors to call javascript functions. Usually, I do this:
>
> > <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="someFunc(); return false;">
> > call the function
> > </a>
>
> > This works fine in all browsers. Window.onbeforeunload is never
> > triggered because the ONCLICK returns false, and thus the HREF if not
> > executed. When HREF is not executed, the browser does not believe that
> > the window in unloading. Now, I'm trying to create a dynamic anchor to
> > accomplish the same thing. It looks nearly identical to the HTML
> > anchor, but now it's triggering window.onbeforeunload in IE8. How do I
> > not trigger it?
>
> > dynamicAnchor = new Element(
> > 'a', {
> > href: 'javascript:void(0)',
> > }
> > ).observe(
> > 'click',
> > function(parameter) {
> > return function() {
> > window.status = parameter;
> > return false;
> > }
> > }(localVariable)
> > );
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