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Cancel a default action and prevent it from bubbling up

    

<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    
        $(document).ready(function(){
              $("div").live("click", function() { return false; })


        });
    </script>


  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
       <div><h1>header 1</h1></div>
    </body>
</html>

   
    
    
    
  








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