jQuery prevent other events after a click

Question

I am trying to prevent multiple clicks on links and items, which is causing problems.

I am using jQuery to bind click events to buttons (jQuery UI) and image links (

Answer 1

There is event.preventDefault, event.stopPropagation and return false as already stated.

$("a").click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    e.stopPropagation();
    return false;
}