[jQuery] Is there an Event.stop for hrefs?

[Michael Sharman]

Hi guys,

I am "listening" for an href click in my document.ready function and I
want to make sure the href isn't followed by the browser for users who
have javascript turned on, and is followed by users who have
javascript turned off. This is my href:

<a href="http://mysite.com/gohere.html"; id="hrefCreate">Click me</a>

The way I'm doing the javascript is (note the "return false"):

$(document).ready(function(){

        $('a#hrefCreate').click(function(){
                //do something here
                return false;
        });

});

This is working fine (i.e. the "return false) but I just want to check
if this is the best practice way to do this and if it's cross browser
etc.

The reason I ask is that in Prototype.js there is an Event.stop which
halts all processing and allows you to do what you want in your
function.

Is there similar in jQuery or will return false suffice?

Thanks guys.