How do I disable/enable anchor in GWT?

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How to enable or disable an anchor using jQuery?

I'm having a hard time disabling the anchor. I've read that there's an existing bug with Anchor.SetEnabled.

anchor().setEnabled(false) does not work due to browser constraints. However, is there another way to disable/enable the link?

Why is this tagged as mvp4g? – hasanoviz Aug 26 '13 at 19:41 — hasanoviz, Aug 26 '13 at 19:41

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 05 '12 at 22:02

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// to disable the anchor
disabled = anchor.addClickHandler(new ClickHandler() {
   @Override
   public void onClick(ClickEvent event) {
      event.preventDefault();
   }
});

// to re-enable it.
disabled.removeHandler();

answered Jan 05 '12 at 22:02

Thomas Broyer

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`clickListener` doesn't prevent `onHistroryChange()` event which is responsible for adding a history token. – Mohsen Aug 22 '12 at 13:39
The question is about `Anchor`, not `Hyperlink` or `InlineHyperlink`. Note how `addClickHandler` in `Hyperlink` is deprecated and suggests using an `Anchor` and calling `History.newItem` by yourself if you want to "process the click before the history token is set". – Thomas Broyer Aug 22 '12 at 13:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 05 '12 at 19:27

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You can for example change href, or make onClick events no-ops.

answered Jan 05 '12 at 19:27

milan

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 05 '12 at 21:45

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I had a similar problem. the most suitable solution for me was to download the custom Anchor class given in the end of this issue and use it instead of the GWT Anchor. It work from the first try !

answered Jan 05 '12 at 21:45

Momo

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How do I disable/enable anchor in GWT?

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