Name
Event.preventDefault( ): cancel default action of an event â DOM Level 2 Events
Synopsis
void preventDefault( );
Description
This method tells the web browser not to perform the default
action (if any) associated with this event. For example, if the
type
property is âsubmitâ, any
event handler called during any phase of event propagation can
prevent form submission by calling this method. Note that if the
cancelable
property of an Event
object is false
, either there is
no default action or there is a default action that cannot be
prevented. In either case, calling this method has no effect.
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