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So, I see this a lot on various websites and it is quite annoying. Some Nigerian websites are no exception. Here is the scenario:

A developer wants to have a popup on a page, upon onclick. Popup comes up fine but in FF (not too sure about IE since I rarely use it ), each time you click, even if the link/image/whatever is at the bottom of the page, the page always scrolls to the top. If you have encountered such and are like me, this can be quite annoying. The page should remain where it is and not scroll to the top.

The code more often than not looks like so:

<a href="#" onclick="somePopUpFunction()">click here</a> (Feel free to copy this code and paste at the bottom of any of your sites then click the link to verify the issue as stated).

Technically, there is nothing wrong with the code above, except of course of the issue of scrolling to the top.

Question?
How would you modify the code above to prevent the page from always scrolling to the top?

As always, I will wait for a few answers before answering, assuming no one has it right by then.

Good luck!

<a href="#" onclick="somePopUpFunction();return false;">click here</a>

or

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="somePopUpFunction()">click here</a>

that was too quick. why did you have to spoil the fun? I was thinking I would have to change the subject header to "site review" before I get a response

Anyways, though both your solutions do the trick, #1 is preferred - some say that void(0) is invalid javascript and that if you check your console (FF. I haven't done this but take their word for it), void(s) generates an error as it returns "undefined" and it is possible that what you are clicking isn't undefined.

Let me see if I can come up with something else

sorry, i should not have spoilt the fun . . nice quiz sha

lol, that was excellent dhtml lol didn't even give us chance hehe

i think yawa should have filtered me out. . .the answer is similar to one quiz yawa posted some time back. . something concerning links

dhtml, so you cheated?

^Now how did i cheat?

the answer is similar to one quiz yawa posted some time back.

The above implies inside trading and in some countries, you, like bernie maddoff, would go to jail for a long time

DHTML, is not a cheat, he's just smart.

yawa-ti-de:
The above implies inside trading and in some countries, you, like bernie maddoff, would go to jail for a long time

See men yawning

. . .strolling. . .

strolling, scratching ma balls and chewing corn.

remo:
cold don catch you finish? You don score yet?

@yawa

it depends on your definition, lol.