Calling the preventDefault() method of the event object will cancel the default handling that the browser is programmed to execute.

Opening a new page on an a element click event, for example.

Or submitting a form on the submit event.

Calling preventDefault() is what you need to do to completely customize the action. Perhaps by creating a fetch request to load some JSON instead of opening a new page on a link click.

Other event handlers defined on this same element will execute. Unless you call event.stopImmediatePropagation().

Lessons in this unit:

0:	Introduction
1:	Handling events
2:	The `DOMContentLoaded` event
3:	The `event` object
4:	Mouse events
5:	Keyboard events
6:	▶︎ `preventDefault()`
7:	Stopping event propagation
8:	Bubbling and capturing
9:	Form submit event
10:	Input fields events
11:	Creating custom events
12:	Keyboard Events
13:	Mouse Events
14:	Touch Events
15:	Form Events