[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18590: Swap out "return false" JS calls for preventDefault

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#18590: Swap out "return false" JS calls for preventDefault
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 Reporter:  Viper007Bond    |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  3.3
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch     |
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Comment (by sanchothefat):

 @Viper have you tried using jQuery's namespaced event bindings?

 My approach for hooking onto elements with a click handler attached is to
 use the syntax described here [http://docs.jquery.com/Namespaced_Events]

 For example you would use:

 {{{
 $( '#foo' ).live( 'click.myplugin', function() { ... } );
 }}}

 Essentially this approach sandboxes your plugin code from the default
 code. There is a big advantage to this in that it means that people can
 unbind and rebind specific handlers - useful for plugin/theme authors who
 need a little extra control or a different behaviour. Think of it as the
 action/filter API but for jquery events. In some cases I unbind the
 standard wordpress click handler and add some of my own code before it eg.
 for pre-processing some data before widgets are saved.

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