Empty anchor tag value using hash or javascript in Angular

Question

We're trying to come up to speed with Angular.js and our lead JS dev has requested that when we mock up links that don't yet have a page to go to, we should do the following:

<a href="javascript://">

instead of this:

<a href="#">

His reasoning was that Angular already has a use for the hash tag because it means something to Angular and if it doesn't find the router/directive then it is redirected to /scenario.

What is a better way to do this?

Answer 1

According to the AngularJS docs for the A directive, you should be using href="".

The reasoning for this is to allow easy creation of action links with ngClick directive without changing the location or causing page reloads, e.g.: <a href="" ng-click="model.$save()">Save</a>