Question

Here’s the ajax

$('#delete_button').live('click', function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
    confirmDelete();

    $.ajax({
            url:      del_link,
            dataType: 'json',
            success:  function(data) {
                          location.replace(data.redirect_url);
                      }
    });
});

and in a separate JS file I have

function confirmDelete() {
    return confirm('Are you sure you want to delete?');
}

When I click ‘Cancel’ on the confirm dialog, the Ajax runs (when it should not).

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

In your live function, replace

confirmDelete();

with:

if (!confirmDelete()) return false;