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

I prefer to use:

foo

unless it is actually an ajax call to load a partial template in which case I use something like this:

foo

By returning false in the onclick event, you make sure the site is not reloaded, but it can still be used for opening the url in a new page.