Alternative to when the anchor tag only triggers a jQuery action without redirecting the user?

Question

I have numerous anchor tags on my page that only trigger jQuery actions on the same page.

The don\'t redirect the user to another location, which is the normal expected

Answer 1

Have you tried omitting the href parameter?

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That should work just fine and not provoke the browser to load a webpage or change the pages position. In fact it won't do anything unless you have some JavaScript to support it.

The href parameter is optional so why include it if you aren't using it?