Why javascript:void(0) is not working in Firefox

Question

Why is this simple link example not working in Firefox? It is working in IE and Chrome.
js fiddle sample
I am using windows XP. My Firefox version is 16.0.

Answer 1

Your fiddle sample shouldn't work in any browser because you've defined the getItems() method inside the onload handler that is the jsfiddle default (as set on the left-hand side) which in turn means that it is not in scope from the inline onclick="getItems()" attribute.

It works in FF if you fix that by selecting no wrap (head) instead of onLoad , thus making your function global: http://jsfiddle.net/u6bKr/1/

(Note that this has nothing to do with href="javascript:void(0);" )

Answer 2

My research for getItems() showed what in some situations this function is defined as native function . I don't know why. To avoid this trouble try to rename function getItems .

http://jsfiddle.net/u6bKr/3/

UPDATE:

As specified in comment by Boris Zbarsky this trouble can be also avoided when adding window. before getItems() (eg window.getItems() ).