jquery - How to prevent jump on an anchor click?

Question

I use e.preventDefault(); to disable default anchor behaviour.

Is there a way to prevent only jump action to a target on click?

I tried:

  var hash = window.location.hash;
  var link = $('a');
  $('a').click(function() {
    e.preventDefault();
    hash = "#"+link.attr("href");
  });

But it doesn't work: http://jsfiddle.net/ynts/LgcmB/.

Answer 1

$(document).ready(function() {
  var hash = window.location.hash;
  var link = $('a');
  $('a').click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    hash = link.attr("href");
    window.location = hash;
  });
});

You also have to specify event argument in the function. By naming it as e or event and then you can manipulate it.