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bchalupka-syPD9H
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April 27, 2009
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Block link event handling

  • April 27, 2009
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Is it possible to block the event handling so that if the user clicks on a link nothing happens? I want to validate links and provide the ability to create internal links that navigate within the application, but no matter what parameters I change on the event listener for the click event on the textFlow it always tells the browser to go to the link location.

Thanks in advance.

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Correct answer robin_briggs

I've discovered that there is a way to do this. If you listen for the CLICK event, then handle it yourself and call preventDefault() on the event, there will be no default handling of the link (i.e., it won't bring up the browser).

So in your event handler, where you listen for MouseEvent.CLICK from the LinkElement, add something like this:

           if (event.type == MouseEvent.CLICK)

          {

               ... your handling goes here ...
               event.preventDefault();

          }

Sorry I didn't see this earlier. Hope it helps!

- robin

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robin_briggs
Adobe Employee
April 28, 2009

I don't know of a way to do this now, but I agree that there should be one. We'll look into it.

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robin_briggsCorrect answer
Adobe Employee
May 15, 2009

I've discovered that there is a way to do this. If you listen for the CLICK event, then handle it yourself and call preventDefault() on the event, there will be no default handling of the link (i.e., it won't bring up the browser).

So in your event handler, where you listen for MouseEvent.CLICK from the LinkElement, add something like this:

           if (event.type == MouseEvent.CLICK)

          {

               ... your handling goes here ...
               event.preventDefault();

          }

Sorry I didn't see this earlier. Hope it helps!

- robin

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bchalupka-syPD9HAuthor
Known Participant
May 16, 2009

Thank you very much. It works perfectly.

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