To cancel only the default action by using the preventDefault method.

 

$("form").bind("submit", function(event){
  event.preventDefault();
});

1.	Cancel only the default action by using the preventDefault method
2.	Get click event coordinates
3.	Get event target
4.	Cancel a default action and prevent it from bubbling up
5.	Get tag name from event target
6.	Prevent default event
7.	Removes a bound live event
8.	Event instance properties
9.	Define custom event
10.	Stop only an event from bubbling by using the stopPropagation method.
11.	Pass some extra data before the event handler:
12.	Establishing event handlers with the DOM Level 2 Model
13.	Tracking event propagation with bubble and capture handlers
14.	Dynamically tracking the dimensions of an element

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