$('.foo').click(function(){
alert(this);
alert($(this));
});

event.preventDefault(); //stop default browser behaviour

code example:

$(“a”).click(function(event){
event.preventDefault(); //stop default browser behaviour
alert(“This alert will be displayed without following the link”);
});

An example of using binding instead of the click reference.

Say you want to use a table cell, when clicked it jumps you over to a url.

The markup:
—–
<table>
<td link=”http://api.jquery.com/click/”>Click this table cell to reference this page.</td>
</table>

Then the jquery script:
—–
$(function(){
$(“tr[link]“).bind(“click”, function(){
var NewLink= $(this).attr(“link”);
window.location.href = NewLink;
});
});

Have fun

$(“a”).click(fucntion() {
doSomething();
}

Suppose this gets executed multiple times (say 3 times). Will the result be a call to doSomething() once, or doSomething() three times?

Thanks in advance!