Is this href value equivalent to "javascript:void(0)"?

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What is the difference between javascript:// and javascript:void(0) ?

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possible duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3666683/href-javascript-vs-href-javascriptvoid0 — cori, Oct 30 '11 at 13:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 30 '11 at 12:54

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javascript:// runs JavaScript that has no statements

javascript:void(0) runs JavaScript that evaluates the statement 0 and then returns undefined.

so javascript:// is much similar to javascript:;

Neither should be used.

answered Oct 30 '11 at 12:54

Harsh Baid

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and if i was going to use any of the above i would use `javascript:;` – david Oct 30 '11 at 13:57

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

Previous two answers cover the direct answer to your question, but on a separate track I think you should consider using neither of them. Assuming you're using the anchor tag to illustrate to the user that there's an action they can take by clicking on that text, there are multiple mechanisms for illustrating that, and semantically an anchor tag should illustrate a destination, not an activity.

See this previous answer, and this one.

Is this href value equivalent to "javascript:void(0)"?

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