defaultPrevented Event Property

Example

Prevent a link from opening the URL, and check if preventDefault() was called:

document.getElementById("myAnchor").addEventListener("click", function(event){
event.preventDefault()
alert("Was preventDefault() called: " + event.defaultPrevented);
});

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Description

The defaultPrevented event property checks whether the preventDefault() method was called for the event.

Syntax

event.defaultPrevented

Technical Details

Return Value:	A Boolean, indicating whether the preventDefault() method was called for the event. Possible values: true - The preventDefault() method was called for the event false - The preventDefault() method was not called for the event
DOM Version:	DOM Level 3 Events

Return Value:

A Boolean, indicating whether the preventDefault() method was called for the event.

Possible values:

true - The preventDefault() method was called for the event
false - The preventDefault() method was not called for the event

DOM Version:

DOM Level 3 Events

Browser Support

event.delfaultPrevented() is a DOM Level 3 (2004) feature.

It is fully supported in all modern browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11

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