javascript return false not working even when the javascript function is returning false

Question

I have a asp.net button like this

 <asp:Button ID="btn" runat="server" Text="txt" OnClientClick="return abc()" />

and javascript function like this

function abc() {

    return false;

}

the problem is on client click the page is posting to the server even when I am returning false in my javascript function.

Any help will be appreciated, thanks

Does the code look exactly like it is above? If you have a JS Error in that function, the button will post back. — epascarello, Mar 12 '14 at 18:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 12 '14 at 18:16

Are you using the javascript tag to define the javascript function?

try this, this should work.

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function abc() {
    console.log("inside javascript function abc");
    return false;
}
</script>

Note I am trying to print some message in console just to make sure that yeah function is getting called or not.

javascript return false not working even when the javascript function is returning false

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