stay-or-go

Determine if an anchor click was intended for staying on the current site.

Example

The function this module exposes should be used in a click handler:

var stayOrGo = require('stay-or-go');
 
window.addEventListener('click', function (evt) {
  var a = stayOrGo(evt);
  if (!a) return;
 
  evt.preventDefault();
 
  history.pushState(a.pathname, '', a.pathname);
}, false);

If one or more of the following is true the return value will be undefined:

• The default action of the event was already prevented (event.preventDefault()).
• The user did not click the normal mouse button (when using a mouse).
• The user held one of the Ctrl, Shift, or Meta keys when clicking.
• The user did not click an anchor or a child elemnt of an anchor.
• The anchor clicked has a target attribute.
• The href of the anchor is pointing to an external site.

Otherwise the return value is the anchor element clicked.

License

MIT