Returning false on link click jquery

Question

I wish to have a link which opens popup when clicked however I wish it to open a page in a new window if the user doesn\'t have JS enabled.

The following doesn\'t seem t

Answer 1

Also note that event.preventDefault is not present in all browsers and will cause an error in things like IE7 (if memory serves.) To avoid that, use a general if-statement:

if (e.preventDefault) {  
    e.preventDefault();  
}  
e.returnValue = false;

This will prevent the error from being thrown. I believe jQuery uses this approach as well.