PreventDefault alternative for IE8

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I use something like:

(event.preventDefault) ? event.preventDefault() : event.returnValue = false;

the event.returnValue property is the closest IE equivalent to preventDefault.

Using

return false;

can sometimes also work, but it can lead to unexpected behavior sometimes when mixed with e.g. jQuery (jQuery also does stopPropagation…which is usually what you want, but…), so I prefer not to rely on it.

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