where does the return of onclick="return false" go?

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I'd like to understand something in this code:

<a id="btn_save" href="#" onclick="return false;" title="">Save</a>

Where does the return onclick="return false;" go to?

it goes to [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/128966/2663825) — Dexa, May 12 '14 at 17:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 12 '14 at 17:25

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Returning false from an event handler is a way of telling the browser that you want to prevent the default action associated with the link.

answered May 12 '14 at 17:25

Michał Dudak

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '14 at 17:26

You are disabling the default function of the click event by returning false on click.

for example :

<a id="btn_save" href="http://www.google.com" onclick="return false;" title="">Save</a>

Even though the points to google.com, when you click the link , it won't take you to google.com. i.e. the default action is returned false.

It's similar to event.preventDefault()

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