How to make an anchor tag refer to nothing?

Question

I use jQuery, I need to make some anchor tags perform no action.

I usually write it like this:

link

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Answer 1

If you don't want to have it point to anything, you probably shouldn't be using the (anchor) tag.

If you want something to look like a link but not act like a link, it's best to use the appropriate element (such as ) and then style it using CSS:

Am I a link?

.fake-link {
    color: blue;
    text-decoration: underline;
    cursor: pointer;
}

Also, given that you tagged this question "jQuery", I am assuming that you want to attach a click event hander. If so, just do the same thing as above and then use something like the following JavaScript:

$('#fake-link-1').click(function() {
    /* put your code here */
});