Svelte · Junior · Question 22 of 76

How do you prevent a form's default submission in Svelte 5?

✓Correct answer: Call event.preventDefault() inside the onsubmit handler
2Use the onsubmit|preventDefault modifier
3Return false from the markup

Explanation

Event modifiers like |preventDefault belong to the legacy on: directive. With event attributes you handle it in the function.

Further reading

Svelte 5 migration guide ↗

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