How do I explicitly execute default action from jQuery event

Question

Following up from this question, I\'m trying to implement an unobtrusive confirm dialog.

$(document).ready(function () {
    $(\"[data-confirmPrompt]\").clic         


        

Answer 1

I was able to achieve this by calling event.stopPropagation() from a more specific context, and ensuring that I don't call event.preventDefault(). While you can't call the default action explicitly, you can set up the conditions so that the default action happens — and do as little or as much else as you wish.

    // Normal event handler
    $("[data-toggle]").click(ev => {
      switchToTab(ev.currentTarget)
      ev.preventDefault()
    })

    // Allow default handler in a specific case.
    $("[data-toggle] ul a").click(ev => {
      // Don't bubble the event to the less specific handler, above
      ev.stopPropagation()
      // An incorrect return value will also cancel the default action.
      return true
    })