[jQuery] preventDefault
[jQuery] preventDefault
hello everybody,
the site I'm building has a dropdown menu based on an unordered list
with 3 levels. I've got it working nicely using jQuery, but there is
one thing I can't get working..
this is the problem:
the 'a href' on the first tow levels serves to open up the level below
without leaving the page. there is a real link for the non-script
users, so I have switched off the first two levels using
"event.preventDefault();"
however, on the second level some items do not contain any 3rd level
links, so in that case the user should navigate away using the 2nd
level link. therefore the link on level 2 should one be disabled if
the list-item contains a list (ul).
I tried doing this:
$('ul#hoofdNavigatieLijst > li > ul > li > a ').click(function(event)
{
if ($(this).parent('li').contains('ul')) {
event.preventDefault();
}
});
it doesn't do the trick, however.
can anyone help me? thanks!