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

If the anchor is useless to people who don't have javascript, then they shouldn't see it at all.

The best alternative is to generate these links using jQuery on page load - that way the only people who see them are those who will use them.

In this case, having href="#" is fine, because as long as your event handler finishes with return false; then the href will never be followed