diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.component.ts
index ba7e092d3..d55e6a17c 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.component.ts
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ export class DatasetsComponent implements OnInit {
     else if(event.toElement.id == "describeDataset"){
       this.describeDataset(item);
     }
+    return false;
     
   }
 
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.html
index 109ef7adb..f803d3d69 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/datasets/dataset.html
@@ -61,9 +61,12 @@
                 <td>{{dataset?.description}}</td>
                 <td>{{dataset?.created | date:'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z'}}</td>
                 <td>{{dataset?.status | statusToString }}</td>
-                <td><a class="editGridColumn" (click)="editRow(dataset, $event)"><i class="fa fa-pencil fa-fw" data-toggle="tooltip" title="edit Properties" id="editDataset"></i>
-                    <i class="fa fa-eraser fa-fw" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#delete-dataset-confirm" (click)="markDatasetForDelete(dataset)" title="delete Dataset"></i> 
-                    <i class="fa fa-list-alt fa-fw" data-toggle="tooltip" title="describe dataset" id="describeDataset"></i></a></td>
+                <td><a  href="#" class="editGridColumn" (click)="editRow(dataset, $event)">
+                        <i class="fa fa-pencil fa-fw" data-toggle="tooltip" title="edit Properties" id="editDataset"></i></a>
+                    <a  href="#" class="editGridColumn" (click)="editRow(dataset, $event)">
+                         <i class="fa fa-eraser fa-fw" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#delete-dataset-confirm" (click)="markDatasetForDelete(dataset)" title="delete Dataset"></i></a> 
+                    <a  href="#" class="editGridColumn" (click)="editRow(dataset, $event)">
+                         <i class="fa fa-list-alt fa-fw" data-toggle="tooltip" title="describe dataset" id="describeDataset"></i></a></td>
 
             </tr>
         </tbody>
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/projects/project.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/projects/project.html
index 975042ffb..9a243d53b 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/projects/project.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/projects/project.html
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <td>{{project?.enddate | date:'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z'}}</td>
             <td>{{project?.status | statusToString}}</td>
             <td>{{project?.description}}</td>
-            <td><a class="editGridColumn" (click)="editRow(project, $event)"><i class="fa fa-pencil fa-fw" data-toggle="tooltip" title="edit properties" id="editDMP"></i>
+            <td><a href="#" class="editGridColumn" (click)="editRow(project, $event)"><i class="fa fa-pencil fa-fw" data-toggle="tooltip" title="edit properties" id="editDMP"></i>
                 <i class="fa fa-eraser fa-fw" data-toggle="tooltip" title="delete project"></i></a></td>
             
         </tr>
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/projects/projects.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/projects/projects.component.ts
index 6e96f1b0c..8b9dad21e 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/projects/projects.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/projects/projects.component.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ SaveProject(){
   editRow(item, event){ 
     this.project = item;  //this will have id - that defines whether it's an update or not
     $("#newEditProjectModal").modal("show");
+
+    return false;
   }