Re: newbie.. why "return false;" ?

From: Nick Fletcher <titosrevenge@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:57:02 -0800 (PST)

On Feb 27, 6:03 pm, RobC <gro...@xxxxxx> wrote:

Hi

A newbie question.

I've seen " return false;" in several code samples (relating to
functions).

Is it required or is it optional?
What does it do?

Thanks
Rob

Returning false usually means that the function is a handler for a DOM
event and by returning false it's preventing default browser behaviour.
.

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