Question

My html is

<a class="delete" href="/FolderComment/delete/12">delete</a>

and my js is

$("a .delete").click(function(e){

          //e.preventDefault();   --> tried that too
            var href = this.attr("href");
            $.post(
                href, {},
                function(data){
                    alert(data);
                }
            );
            return false;
        });  

but it doesn’t work, the page gets redirected.

here is a jsfiddle

Answer 1

If your href is prepended with #, you should be able to avoid redirection. I have forked your JS fiddle and added in the selector change from @Alnitak.