Prevent redirecting parent anchor if it has submenu

by hannes

HTML

<ul id="toggle">
    <li> <a href="/">Home</a>
    <li> <a href="/products">Products</a>
        <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
            <li><a href="/products/potatos">Potatos</a></li>
            <li><a href="/products/carrots">Carrots</a></li>
      </ul>    </li>
    <li><a href="/contact">Contact</a>
        <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
            <li><a href="/contact/people">People</a></li>
            <li><a href="/contact/map">Map</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
</ul>

CSS

#toggle {
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding:0;
    text-align:left;
    line-height:2.5em;
    font-size: 1.0em;
    text-transform:uppercase;
    font-style:normal;
}
#toggle li {
    padding:0;
    margin:0;
    vertical-align:top;
    float:left;
    position:relative;
}
#toggle li a {
    background-color:#222;
    margin:0 1px 0 0;
    padding:8px 17px;
    color:#fff;
    font-weight:300;
    text-decoration:none;
}
#toggle li ul {
    list-style-type: none;
    left:0;
    position:absolute;
    display: none;
}

JavaScript

$('#toggle li:has(.dropdown-menu)').hover(function (event) {
    if ($(event.target).parents('.dropdown-menu').length > 0) {
        event.stopPropagation();      
    } else {
      $(this).find('a:first').attr('href','#');
       event.preventDefault();
    } 
      $(this).find('ul').slideToggle();
    
});