event.isDefaultPrevented()

Returns whether event.preventDefault() was ever called on this event object.

.event.isDefaultPrevented()🡢 Boolean

Checks whether event.preventDefault() was called.

HTML
$("a").click(function (event) {
  alert(event.isDefaultPrevented()); // false
  event.preventDefault();
  alert(event.isDefaultPrevented()); // true
});
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