When we use these events - event.preventDefault() and return false
> We use these events in the following situation.
> When we needs to prevent the event handlers from executing after a certain event is fired.
> The following is the code for both
event.preventDefault() and "
return false".
Difference Between event.preventDefault() and return false
>
return false do the action of both
e.preventDefault() and
e.stopPropagation().
>
e.preventDefault() would prevent the default event from occuring.
>
e.stopPropagation() would prevent the event from bubbling up.
>
e.stopPropagation() would prevent any parent handlers from being notified of the event.
> But
return false would do the functions of both
e.preventDefault() and
e.stopPropagation() .
> The following code describes how
e.stopPropagation() is invoked.
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