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JavaScript: event.preventDefault() vs return false

What are the cases when return false does not do the same thing as e.preventDefault() ?

(Note i'm not talking about jquery events.. but javascript events in general)

The only situtation i can think of is a click event on a hyperlink (if you return false in the handler you will still be redirected to the website)

Note that if its not a click event but a mousedown event on the hyperlink return false works same as e.preventDefault()

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I believe that return false is equivalent to e.preventDefault(); and e.stopPropagation(); at the same time. However, I recommend that you use the functions and the return false for future and past browser compatibility:

$("#something").click(function(e){
    alert("Something was clicked");
    e.preventDefault();
    return false;
});

Ad@m

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