JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a href="#">one</a>
<a data-page="current" href="#">two</a>
<a href="#">three</a>

CSS

.active { color: blue;}

JavaScript

$('a').click(function(event) {
     if (event.target.dataset.page==="current")
         return false;
     else 
         alert('not current');
});