HTML anchor link - href and onclick both?
anchor, html, javascript, jquery
Solution
Just `return true` instead?
The return value from the `onClick` code is what determines whether the link's inherent clicked action is processed or not - returning `false` means that it isn't processed, but if you return `true` then the browser will proceed to process it after your function returns and go to the proper anchor.
Problem
I want to author an anchor tag that executes some JavaScript and then proceeds to go wherever the `href` was taking it. Invoking a function that executes my JavaScript and then sets `window.location` or `top.location` to the `href` location doesn't work for me. So, imagine I have an element with id "Foo" on the page. I want to author an anchor similar to: ``` <a href="#Foo" onclick="runMyFunction(); return false;">Do it!</a> ``` When this is clicked, I want to execute runMyFunction and then jump the page to `#Foo` (not cause a reload - using `top.location` would cause it to reload the page). Suggestions? I am happy to use jQuery if it can help here...