Why does this not work in IE6

[howfuchs]

I have following code:

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="if(confirm('Please click Yes to
proceed. Click No to
cancel')){location.href='http://www.someurl.com';}">some link</a>

Tests fine in IE7 and latest firefox but not in IE6.

Any help very much appreciated.

 

[howfuchs]

Just to clarify, the confirm box pops up but using IE6 nothing happens
when I click 'OK'.

 

[Tom Cole]

I have following code:

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="if(confirm('Please click Yes to
proceed. Click No to
cancel')){location.href='http://www.someurl.com';}">some link</a>

Tests fine in IE7 and latest firefox but not in IE6.

Any help very much appreciated.

Why don't you try this:

<a href="http://www.someurl.com" onclick="return confirm('Please click
Yes to proceed. Click No to cancel.');">some link</a>

Looks a little cleaner to me and puts stuff where it belongs. And it
works in IE 6.0...

 

[Evertjan.]

Tom Cole wrote on 25 sep 2006 in comp.lang.javascript:

Why don't you try this:

<a href="http://www.someurl.com" onclick="return confirm('Please click
Yes to proceed. Click No to cancel.');">some link</a>

Looks a little cleaner to me and puts stuff where it belongs. And it
works in IE 6.0...

Indeed.

And for the "why":

It is a timing question if the void() executes first or the location.href.
One should never write code that acts like that,
but use proper "return false" in an <a> onclick.

 

[Danny]

Intead do:

<a href="www.google.com" onclick="return confirm('Please click Yes to
proceed.\nClick No to cancel')"> such and such </a>



Danny