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    Event.defaultPrevented

    SummaryEdit

    Returns a boolean indicating whether or not event.preventDefault() was called on the event.

    Note: You should use this instead of the non-standard, deprecated getPreventDefault() method (see bug 691151).

    SyntaxEdit

    bool = event.defaultPrevented

    ExampleEdit

    if (e.defaultPrevented) {
   /* the default was prevented */
 }

    SpecificationsEdit

    Specification Status Comment
    DOM
    The definition of 'Event.defaultPrevented()' in that specification.    		 Living Standard  
    DOM4
    The definition of 'Event.defaultPrevented' in that specification.    		 Working Draft Initial definition.

    Browser compatibilityEdit

    Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
    Basic support 18 6.0 (6.0) 9.0 11.0 5.0

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