event.preventDefault() function not working in IE

Question

Following is my JavaScript (mootools) code:

$(\'orderNowForm\').addEvent(\'submit\', function (event) {
    event.prev         


        

Answer 1

Here's a function I've been testing with jquery 1.3.2 and 09-18-2009's nightly build. Let me know your results with it. Everything executes fine on this end in Safari, FF, Opera on OSX. It is exclusively for fixing a problematic IE8 bug, and may have unintended results:

function ie8SafePreventEvent(e) {
    if (e.preventDefault) {
        e.preventDefault()
    } else {
        e.stop()
    };

    e.returnValue = false;
    e.stopPropagation();
}

Usage:

$('a').click(function (e) {
    // Execute code here
    ie8SafePreventEvent(e);
    return false;
})