I have a VML shape in which I'm trying to prevent the browser from navigating to the href
:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#a, #b {
position: absolute;
top: 10px;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
display: block;
}
#a {
left: 10px;
background: red;
}
#b { left: 120px; }
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
(function() {
document.namespaces.add('v', 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml', '#default#VML');
window.onload = function() {
var a = document.getElementById('a');
a.attachEvent('onclick', function(e) {
console.log('A');
e.returnValue = false;
return false;
});
var b = document.getElementById('b');
b.attachEvent('onclick', function(e) {
console.log('B');
e.returnValue = false;
return false;
});
};
})();
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a id="a" href="/foo"></a>
<v:rect id="b" href="/bar"><v:fill color="#0000ff" /></v:rect>
</body>
</html>
Run this sample in IE8. Clicking on the link (the red shape) properly prevents browser from going to /foo
with returnValue = false/return false
.
However, attempting to cancel the navigation on the <v:rect>
does not work. The browser navigates to /bar
!
Is there a solution to get around this?