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Asked: 2026-06-05T11:22:07+00:00

following is my code working well in chrome. <body> <a href=javascript: sam.save();>hehe</a> <script> var

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following is my code working well in chrome.

<body>

<a href="javascript: sam.save();">hehe</a>

<script>

var sam = {
    save : function()
    {
        alert("here")
            return false;       
    }
}
</script>

when in run in firefox the page redirects and false is displayed on the screen with the adress bar content like in the picture

enter image description here

firefox version is 9.0.1

suggestions and circumvents please…

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  1. Editorial Team

    The code you cite can’t possibly produce the behavior you observe. The observed behavior would only happen if sam.save() returned false, whereas the quoted code returns undefined. What does your actual complete code look like?

    Edit: The useful answer was in a comment. I put it here to make it easier to find.

    Oh, I missed the “return false” after the alert. In that case, the behavior you see is correct: if the javascript: execution returns a value other than undefined that value is treated as a string of HTML and rendered. At least in most browsers. – Boris Zbarsky Jun 11 at 15:25

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