Access event to call preventdefault from custom function originating from onclick attribute of tag

Question

I have links like this:

click
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Answer 1

Without any JS library or jQuery. To open a nice popup window if possible. Fails safely to normal link open.

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And the helper function:

function openNewWindow(event, location) {
  if (event.preventDefault && event.stopImmediatePropagation) { 
    event.preventDefault(); 
    event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 
  } else {
    event.returnValue = false; 
  }
  window.open(location, 'targetWindow', 'toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=450');
}