Feb 3, 2012 · As you have written your example, there is no difference between the two. Both bind a handler to the click event of #whatever. on() offers additional flexibility in allowing you to …

Aug 17, 2017 · E.g., click triggers a fake click; the other lets you set up a handler for clicks. (If you call onclick, it'll only call the handler attached via that old DOM0 mechanism.)

Feb 5, 2010 · I think click () is a reserved procedure name, so you can't overwrite it. Explains why changing the name and nothing else gets it working.

Apr 26, 2011 · With modern JavaScript library like YUI and JQuery it is no longer needed to explicitly add an "onClick" attribute to the html, see for example the JQUery API: click.

Sep 28, 2012 · It is worth noting that they do different things: .click can be bound to any jQuery collection whereas onclick has to be used inline on the elements you want it to be bound to.

l.click(); simulates a click and fires all event handlers, whether added with l.addEventHandler('click', myFunction);, in HTML, or in any other way.

I have a script that places an image based on a mouse click thanks to Jose Faeti. Now I need help adding a .click () event to the code below so that when a user clicks the image it performs …