Attaching click to anchor tag in angular

Question

I am trying to attach click event to anchor tags (coming from ajax) and block the default redirection. How can I do it in angular ?

<ul>
    <li><a href="/abc"><p>abc</p></a></li>
    <li><a href="/abc1"><p>abc1</p></a></li>
    <li><a href="/abc2"><p>abc2</p></a></li>
    <li><a href="/abc3"><p>abc3</p></a></li>
</ul>

In ts file:

constructor(elementRef: ElementRef, renderer: Renderer) { 
    this.listenFunc = renderer.listen(elementRef.nativeElement, 'click', (event) => {
        event.preventDefault();
        let target = event.target || event.srcElement || event.currentTarget;
        console.log(target);
    });  
}

This will attach event to all elements, how can I limit this to anchor tag only ?

All helps appreciated.

Answer 1

You can use routerLink (which is an alternative of href for angular 2+) with click event as below to prevent from page reloading

<a [routerLink]="" (click)="onGoToPage2()">Go to page</a>