resolved Bug: JS link - preventDefault being ignored

[AaronX]

In the last two releases I've had - 5.1.4.3000 and 5.1.4.2100 - JavaScript event.preventDefault appears to be suddenly being ignored.

With jQuery, I've got the following snippet of code and HTML:

$("a.tag-link").click(function(e) {
	e.preventDefault;// this fails
	$('#' + $(this).data('target')).tokenInput('add', {id: $(this).data('id'), name: $(this).data('name')});// this executes fine
});

<a href="#" class="tag-link" data-target="tags" data-id="171" data-name="airport" tabindex="-1">airport</a>

All the data attribute stuff works fine, that JavaScript/jQuery executes correctly and as expected.

It's the preventDefault on the actual link click that is failing: the displayport jumps to the top of the page, as would normally be expected from href="#"

[AaronX]

I'm still (v5.1.6.1000) experiencing the above issue with 

e.preventDefault;

being ignored. Can anyone advise or reproduce?

[7twenty]

Something for the Bug*'s to speak to the devs about.

@BugSir006 @BugMiss006

[BugSir006]

e.preventDefault is just a method, could you please try with e.preventDefault() instead?

[AaronX]

On 29/01/2018 at 5:52 AM, BugSir006 said:

e.preventDefault is just a method, could you please try with e.preventDefault() instead?

Ahhhh! Doi. Of course - thanks! Odd that it was working previously. All fixed now.