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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>SPA link preventDefault</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: sans-serif; padding: 16px; }
    #spa-link { color: #2563eb; font-weight: bold; cursor: pointer; }
    #status { margin-top: 12px; color: #0f766e; font-weight: bold; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <a href="/other-page" id="spa-link">Go elsewhere (intercepted)</a>
  <p id="status">Click the link.</p>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    $("#spa-link").on("click", function (event) {
      event.preventDefault();
      $("#status").text("Default prevented: " + event.isDefaultPrevented());
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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