JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script>
function handleOnclick() {
    if (confirm('Stop event?')) {
        event.stopPropagation();
        event.preventDefault();
    }
    return false;
}
</script>

<div>
    <a id="inner" onclick="return handleOnclick();" href="#">Some link</a>
</div>

JavaScript

document.getElementById('inner').addEventListener('click', function(e){
    alert("Listener called");
});