[thelist] return false... but still scrolling

[Jonathan Snook]

On 6/24/07, Brian Cummiskey <brian at hondaswap.com> wrote:
> i'm using a simple:  <a href="#" onclick="setcolor('thecolorcode');
> return false;">IMAGE</a>
> for lack of a better idea.
>
> this 'link' is below the fold on my resolution.  but when clicked, the
> page scrolls up to # (aka, the top) and also alters the URL to include
> the # in it.
>
> I thought the return false stopped this from happening?   Am i missing
> something obvious?

If there's an error in your script, it'll stop executing the script
and in this case, never get to return false. Are you getting any JS
errors?