javascript select item that has href in it

i'm im making a file manager where you can edit files in bulk but i cant get the select function to work.

im using this file browser http://ift.tt/1qJW7Pi

and i have given my UL an id and added this script to the page

$("#test li").click(function() {
        alert(this.id); // get id of clicked li
    });

but when i click on an item it opens the url of it in sted of selecting it