javascript anchor avoid scroll to top on click

Question

I created a function in javascript that i add to an anchor as such

javascript :

somefunction = function () {alert(\'foo\')}

html :

Answer 1

The onclick causes the page to resubmit, therefore scrolling to the top.

You need the onclick event to return a false in order to avoid the postback.

This can be done by changing your function to return a false:

somefunction = function () {alert('foo'); return false;}

Or to change the link and onClick event to do so:

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