JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a
  id="link"
  @click.prevent="selectedA"
  href="https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/events.html"
  >mouse down link</a>

JavaScript

new Vue({
	el:'#link',
  methods: {
  	selectedA() {
			event.preventDefault()
    	console.log('mousedown link')
    }
  }
})