Add polyfill for event.preventDefault to work with IE8

drublic · Jun 3, 2014 · 85b5097 · 85b5097
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## HEAD
+* Add polyfill for event.preventDefault to work with IE8
 * Add plugin to strech a modal to 80% of the screen height
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 * Prevent scrolling of body on small screens
-
 * Fix jumping of the page on devices with small screens (#32)
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 * Implement max width for modal via data attribute
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 * Fix vertical resizing for large pictures
 * Fix margins around modal in resize plugin
 

diff --git a/modal.js b/modal.js
@@ -300,8 +300,12 @@
 			// If the hash element exists
 			if (modalElement) {
 
+				// Polyfill to prevent the default behavior of events
+				event.preventDefault = event.preventDefault || function () {
+					event.returnValue = false;
+				};
+
 				event.preventDefault();
-				event.stopPropagation();
 
 				// Get first element in selected element
 				modalChild = modalElement.children[0];