Can I write e.preventDefault() using jQuery to all links in my code?

Question

I was wondering about that:

I have some links in my html file and to most of them I need to write in their click functions to not jump to the top of the page (which e.preventDefault() does that)ת I need to write that action aside from the functions that they actually do.

can I write something like that:

$('a').click(function(){e.preventDefault()})

Will it work? or will it create conflicts with the real functions if I will write like:

$('a').click(function(){e.preventDefault()});
$('a#goingToDoSomething').click(function(){console.log('just did it')})

I ask because I want to make my code better - but wasn't sure if that was the way.. thanks, Alon

Answer 1

Yes it will work, if you pass the normalised event object to the callback function:

$('a').click(function (e) {
    e.preventDefault();
});

No, there won't be any conflicts (conflicts? huh?). You can bind extra click handlers to your links and they will work as expected.

Answer 2

The other answers are correct, but not as efficient as:

$('body').on('click', 'a', function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
});

Edit:

$(document).on

will be even faster, but not tested it, should work though

requires jQuery 1.7+