This is probably a very simple question, but I can't find the answer, so hopefully someone can help?

How do you cancel a click action if the user clicks 'cancel' in a confirm box?

I have this so far but can't find what I need to fill in the blank.

jQuery('#doaction').click(function(e){
    if(jQuery('#bulk-action-selection').val() === 'delete'){
        var action = confirm('Are you sure you wish to delete the selected User Groups? This action cannot be undone.');
    }
    if(action === false){
        { Cancel the click and don't delete the items }
    }
});

This is probably a very simple question, but I can't find the answer, so hopefully someone can help?

How do you cancel a click action if the user clicks 'cancel' in a confirm box?

I have this so far but can't find what I need to fill in the blank.

jQuery('#doaction').click(function(e){
    if(jQuery('#bulk-action-selection').val() === 'delete'){
        var action = confirm('Are you sure you wish to delete the selected User Groups? This action cannot be undone.');
    }
    if(action === false){
        { Cancel the click and don't delete the items }
    }
});

• javascript
• jquery
• confirm

• 1 If user press cancel just don't do anything? – matino Commented Dec 22, 2011 at 9:49

3 Answers 3

 if( action === false )
    return false;

This should work.

Try this:

jQuery('#doaction').click(function(e){
    if(jQuery('#bulk-action-selection').val() === 'delete'){
        var action = confirm('Are you sure you wish to delete the selected User Groups? This action cannot be undone.');
        if(action === false) {
           return false; // this would do
        }
    }
});

Wont this work:

jQuery('#doaction').click(function(e){
    if(jQuery('#bulk-action-selection').val() === 'delete'){
        var action = confirm('Are you sure you wish to delete the selected User Groups? This action cannot be undone.');
    }
    else {
        return false;
    }
});