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what is different between using java script href attribute and onclick event of a hy

 
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Thank you for reading my post
what is different between using href="javascript:someMethod();"
and onclick of the same link element ?

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Both fire the event. Better to do it with an onclick and make the link work for JavaScript disbaled users.

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