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JavaScript jQuery Basics Working with jQuery Collections Stopping the Browser's Default Behavior

Posted by Saud Tauqeer
Saud Tauqeer
Courses Plus Student 8,099 Points

code not working,

$pdfBox = $("<label><input type='checkbox'>Allow pdf downloads<label>");


const $odd = $('a:odd');
const $secureLinks = $('a[href^="https://"]');
const $pdfs = $('a[href$=".pdf"]');

$secureLinks.attr('target', '_blank');
$pdfs.attr('download', true);

$secureLinks.addClass('secure');
$pdfs.addClass('pdf');


$pdfs.on('click' , function(event){
if($(':checked')).length === 0 {
event.preventDefault();
alert('Allow PDF downloads to proceed.');
}});

$('#links').append($pdfBox);

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>jQuery Weekly</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<div class="box">
    <h1>jQuery Weekly</h1>
    <div id="links">
        <ul>
            <li><a href='https://learn.jquery.com/'>Learn jQuery</a></li>
            <li><a href='http://treehouse-project-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/jquery-basics/jquery_cheatsheet.pdf'>jQuery Cheatsheet</a></li>
            <li><a href='https://api.jquery.com/'>jQuery Documentation</a></li>
            <li><a href='https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/jQuery'>jQuery Glossary</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</div>
    <script src="js/jquery-3.2.1.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
    <script src="js/app.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
</body> 
</html>

check boxes and 'locked' 'safe' tags also go away. when i remove the "on" click function everything seems to be working

1 Answer

deebird
deebird
7,546 Points

your onclick isn't closed properly

$pdfs.on('click' , function(event){
if($(':checked').length === 0) {
event.preventDefault();
alert('Allow PDF downloads to proceed.');
}});