I'm building a web application that is extendable by dropping scripts into a preset directory. The script needs to read file headers before going to a page, so I need to use .preventDefault() when links are clicked and run some JScript first. Unfortunately I can't get past the .preventDefault()
Here's my link format:
<a href="path/to/file.php" class="filelink">Some Text</a>
here's the jquery I'm trying to use to stop the default action:
$( '.filelink' ).click( function( e ) {
e.preventDefault();
//do some other stuff here
});
EDIT:
More Info:
The <script>...</script>
is in my footer.
This function is INSIDE $(document).ready
AFTER a $.ajax
call that builds the list of links this function is trying to listen for clicks of.