How make top level menu item not have link, but have sub-menus that are linked?

I have a few ideas:

  1. Set the custom link to # which won’t return anything
  2. Add a custom class to the items and then use jQuery to remove the links.
  3. Use a PHP equivalent to the jQuery method
  4. Use the Disable Parent Menu Link plugin (or take it apart and write your own)

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