Click event not reacting on links

Question

I am trying to setup an event function to react on clicked links in a menu, but unfortunately its not working.

This is JS code:

$('#menu a').click(function() {
    return "Do you really want to leave now?";
});

And the HTML bit:

<div id="menu">
    <a href="#"> Link1 </a>
    <a href="#"> Link2 </a>
</div>

It seems quite straight forward, but unfortunately not working.

What is your expected result? Are you trying to pop-up an alert or confirm dialog? — Mike Brant, Jan 24 '13 at 18:32
Your JS fiddle also needs to have jQuery selected as the library to work. — Paul Woidke, Jan 24 '13 at 18:34

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 24 '13 at 18:33

4

You need you use an alert() or confirm(), like this:

$('#menu a').click(function() {
    return confirm("Do you really want to leave now?");
});

answered Jan 24 '13 at 18:33

Mike Brant

Normally i use `return "Do you really want to leave now?";` to create the popup alert automagically. Why is it not possible in this scenario? – JavaCake Jan 24 '13 at 18:34
2

I don't know how this would work auto-magically. I would be interested in understanding if you are using some kind of custom javascript that would do such a thing. – Mike Brant Jan 24 '13 at 18:35
I got it working prior to this answer http://stackoverflow.com/a/4041753/531203, but it did not work in this scenario where im not using bind. Simply using jQuery. – JavaCake Jan 24 '13 at 18:38

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