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What is the purpose of javascript:; in the href attributes of the hyperlinks?

<div data-trigger="spinner" id="spinner">
   <span id="spinner-value"></span>
   <input type="hidden" value="1" data-spin="spinner" data-rule="quantity" data-max="10">
   <a href="javascript:;" data-spin="down">-</a>
   <a href="javascript:;" data-spin="up">+</a>
</div>
Sᴀᴍ Onᴇᴌᴀ
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the attribute href="javascript:;" is used to remove the behavior from the link.

If you would use eg. href="", the webpage would reload when you click the link. But with href="javascript:;" nothing will happen.

Later a script adds an event handler that will be executed when clicking this link.

EDIT: You need a or button elements as they are the semantic representatives for clickable objects.

MEE
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To prevent links from refreshing webpage/redirecting you once clicked.

Michael Kurowski
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the purpose of "javascript:;" have save meaning with "javascript:void(0)"

Read here : javascript void functions

Luki Centuri
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