Prevent submit button with onclick event from submitting

Question

I want to prevent a submit button with onclick event from submitting:

$j(\'form#userForm .button\').click(function(e) {
    if ($j(\"#zip_field\").val() >         


        

Answer 1

Don't forget that there are function/event arguments, but you must specify the parameters:

$("#thing").click(function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();
});

In this way, the submission is halted, and so you can conditionalise it.