make <a> link not performing the default function

I have a <a href="someaddress"> link that also has a onclick function开发者_C百科 under a parent <div> with id of "mention". How can I make it so that by default, when user clicks the <a> link it will not redirect to the webpage but it will do the onclick function?

I want to still have href because in case if user's javascript doesn't work, at least they can still go to the link.

...or return false; on your javascript call.

insert e.preventDefault() into your onclick function if it already exists, e.g.

$("#mention a").click(function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  // whatever is not default
});

You could also use return false;.

onclick="return false;" is a way to make an <a> tag not actually do anything on click.

EDIT

i had onlick, obv. it was supposed to be onclick

Use event.preventDefault().

Here's an example: http://jsfiddle.net/FishBasketGordo/2R2Ud/.