Remove href completly from a_attr

[Tom Beech]

Having a href in my nodes is causing unwanted behaviour.

My jsTree occupies only a small part of the user screen. So there is overflow in my div. When a user clicks on a node which overflows, the jstree div is repositioned to highlight the node the user just clicked.

Removing href from the node resolves this issue. I have updated my jstree.js so that href is never created. However, i would prefer to use a better solution.

Is there anyway i can form my JSON to incidate 'do not create a href tag' ?

Thanks,

Tom

p.s. i also had to add cursor: default; to .jstree-node in style.css in order for my solution to work.

[Ivan Bozhanov]

Your problem should not be related to the HREF attribute, and even if it is - it is required by definition and can cause a multitude of problems when not in place - so basically - so not remove the the A attribute.
If you want - create a plugin and overwrite the redraw_node function to create a SPAN with jstree-node class instead of A. Just call the original function and replace the A with SPAN, that way you are safe for future versions.

Best regards,
Ivan

[Tom Beech]

My solution was not to remove the A attribute, it was to remove the HREF attribute. It has caused no apparent issues with jsTree.... could you please explain what issues I should be seeing?

[Ivan Bozhanov]

Some browsers may apply only partial CSS, you will get pointer issues and also - you might break tab order indexes and possibly screen readers. I know what you did - I am just suggesting another approach. Or you could remove the href from a plugin - the same way I described in my previous post. Or if that is too much work - bind to open_node and do: data.instance.get_node(data.node, true).find('.jstree-node').removeAttr('href')

Best regards,
Ivan