what is use for preventdefault () method in jquery ?

Question

Please help any one with some basic examples.Am new to j query.

Answer 1

The event.preventDefault() method stops the default action of an element from happening.

For example:

Prevent a submit button from submitting a form
Prevent a link from following the URL

//Prevent a link from opening the URL:

    $("a").click(function(event)
     {
                event.preventDefault();
    });

Syntax

event.preventDefault()