Question

This is my first Coffeescript function and can’t figure out how to get this to not refresh my page after the user clicks and the event is fired:

jQuery ->
  $(".answer_link").click -> 
    $val = $(this).attr 'id'
    $id = $val.replace(/answer_link_/, '')
    $input = "#new_answer_" + $id
    $($input).toggle 'slow'

Thanks!

Answer 1

I think this is a question about jQuery or JavaScript.
you can use .preventDefault() to do this:

jQuery ->
  $(".answer_link").click (event)->

    #like this
    event.preventDefault()

    $val = $(this).attr 'id'
    $id = $val.replace(/answer_link_/, '')
    $input = "#new_answer_" + $id
    $($input).toggle 'slow'

more info about preventDefault.