Confirm before redirecting Show confirmation dialog before redirecting on click of `<a href=....`. Redirect only if user clicks on OK on the confirmation dialog. Ref: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43272037/click-event-not-working by Vivek Athalye April 07, 2017 HTML <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script> <a href='https://example.com'>click here</a> JavaScript $(function(){ $('a').click(function(e){ if(!confirm('Do you want to redirect to "' + $(this).attr('href') + '" ?')) { e.preventDefault(); } }); });