Empty anchor tag value using hash or javascript in Angular

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We're trying to come up to speed with Angular.js and our lead JS dev has requested that when we mock up links that don't yet have a page to go to, we should do the following:

<a href="javascript://">

instead of this:

<a href="#">

His reasoning was that Angular already has a use for the hash tag because it means something to Angular and if it doesn't find the router/directive then it is redirected to /scenario.

What is a better way to do this?

Can you just not set an href at all, and use CSS to style them the same? — OverZealous
– OverZealous, Commented Aug 14, 2013 at 20:47
@OverZealous I read elsewhere that this is possibly a good way to go. Either not include href or just include href with no value. Thanks. — micah
– micah, Commented Aug 15, 2013 at 2:50

ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ʙᴀᴋᴇʀ · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-12 11:36:10Z

According to the AngularJS docs for the A directive, you should be using href="".

The reasoning for this is to allow easy creation of action links with ngClick directive without changing the location or causing page reloads, e.g.: <a href="" ng-click="model.$save()">Save</a>

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