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Firebug is reporting a "return not in function" error with no location (well, line 1 of nothing). How can I track down the source of this error? return not in function [Break on this error] return(0) javascript:return... (line 1) I'm running FireBug 1.05 on FF 2.0.0.20 on Ubuntu. I found a solution that works (for this configuration): var link = document.createElement('a'); link.href='/'; if (childSummary.more) { link.onclick = capture(function(id) { follow(id); }, childSummary.id); } else { link.onclick = capture(function(id) { show(id); }, childSummary.id); } link.appendChild(document.createTextNode(name)); div.appendChild(link); [...] function capture(fn, val) { return function() { fn(val); return false; }; } The code was in a loop in which the id was changing, necessitating the capture function. Formerly the href was 'javascript: return 0' and the capture function wasn't returning false directly, instead using the result of the fn, and there was a path when it was returning the equivalent of true. The href was being evaluated causing the error. Defining href as '#' or '' caused all the links to appear as already visited. Not defining href at all caused there to be no link highlighting. This seemed simplest.

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