How do I make a link unclickable?

Question

Is there some CSS property or something that I can use with my anchor tag so as to make it unclickable or I HAVE to do stuff in code behind to get what I want?

[edit] onclick=return false; is refreshing the page.. I dont want that.. want this anchor tag to appear as a plain text.. actually I have css applied on anchor tag.. so cant change it to simple lable or whatever

Answer 1

The pointer-events CSS property can be set in modern browsers on a particular graphic element and tells under what circumstances the element can become the target of pointer events.

The none value makes sure that the element is never the target of pointer events and prevents all click, state and cursor options on the element.

a {   display: inline-block;   pointer-events: none; }

<a href="http://stackoverflow.com" onclick="alert('clicked on link')">   <svg width="140" height="140" onclick="alert('clicked on svg')">     <rect x="10" y="10" width="120" height="120" stroke="#42858C" stroke-width="10" fill="#3E4E50" />   </svg> </a>

However, pointer events may target its descendant elements if those descendants have pointer-events set to some other value. In these circumstances, pointer events will trigger event listeners on this parent element as appropriate on their way to/from the descendant during the event capture/bubble phases. - MDN

a {   display: inline-block;   pointer-events: none; } a svg {     pointer-events: fill; }

<a href="http://stackoverflow.com" onclick="alert('clicked on link')">   <svg width="140" height="140" onclick="alert('clicked on svg')">     <rect x="10" y="10" width="120" height="120" stroke="#42858C" stroke-width="10" fill="#3E4E50" />   </svg> </a>