Rails: using link_to to make a link without href

ruby-on-rails

Solution

I use this approach:

= link_to('Click me', 'javascript:;', :id => :foo)

Its basically a Javascript `no-op`

Problem

How can I use the `link_to` helper to make a link without an `href` attribute? I want to make a link exclusively for a javascript action, I don't want it reloading the page or anything. When I omit the url parameter, clicking the link reloads the page. Ditto for providing `nil` in place of the url.

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