Voiding Click Events Implicitly With jQuery Plugin: voidClick() 

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	<title>jQuery Plugin For Code Short Cuts</title>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
 
 
		// This method acts just like binding a click-event; the
		// difference is that it cancels the default event
		// implicitly such that you don't have to in your method.
		jQuery.fn.voidClick = function( method ){
			// Bind a click event to each item in the collection.
			this.click(
				function(){
					// Execute given method callback in current
					// context as defined by jQuery.
					method.apply( this, arguments );
 
					// Cancel default event.
					return( false );
				}
				);
 
			// Return existing jquery collection for chaining.
			return( this );
		}
 
 
 
		// When the DOM is ready, initialize.
		$(function(){
 
			// Bind click event to link.
			$( "a" ).voidClick(
				function(){
					// Alert link HREF to test "this" context.
					alert( $( this ).attr( "href" ) );
				}
				);
 
		});
 
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	<h1>
		jQuery Plugin For Code Short Cuts
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	<p>
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