href confirmation

[Art Vandelay]

I have an html link element, on which the user can clock to log out. But i would like to show a confirmation before going on to the referenced link. The '${logout}' is a request attribute containing the link.

<a href="${logout}" onclick="if (!confirm('Are you sure you want to log out?')) { return false; }">

After clicking on the link, no confirmation is shown, but the link is directly opened. Any idea why no confirmation is shown?

[David Newton]

Working for me--what browser are you using?

Why wouldn't you just use:

<a href="#" onclick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to log out?')">Logout</a>

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Dpoes your browser show a JavaScript error if you look at the error console?

[Art Vandelay]

David Newton wrote:Working for me--what browser are you using?

Why wouldn't you just use:

<a href="#" onclick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to log out?')">Logout</a>

Thanks, this solved my problem!

btw. i am using firefox 3.5 and also tested it on IE 7, works in both.