How to remove `href` attribute from link with Svelte? Should this be enough?

Question

Am I wrong or this should remove href attribute from the a tag?

<a href={false}></a>

It doesn't ("svelte": "3.44.2").

Answer 1

The docs say

Boolean attributes are included on the element if their value is truthy and excluded if it's falsy.
All other attributes are included unless their value is nullish (null or undefined).

href= is no boolean attribute, so false doesn't work, use null/undefined instead

<a href={null}>linkText</a>
<a href={undefined} >linkText</a>

Answer 2

Use null and it will deactivate the hyperlink and won't go anywhere. Or you can add on:click|preventDefault to the anchor.

<a href={null} on:click|preventDefault>link</a>