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MUZ140569 Wiseman Vhenge
5,401 Pointsassign event handler
After line 4 in the app.js file, assign the greeting event handler to the click event on the sayButton.
var sayButton = document.getElementById("say");
var greeting = function() {
alert("Hello World!");
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<button id="say">Say "Hello World!"</button>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Luis Ancheta
6,435 PointsAll you have to do is assign the event handler ".onclick" to the "sayButton", so when the button is pressed your function gets executed. Your function in this case is stored in the variable greeting. Consider doing something like this:
sayButton.onclick = greeting;
Shawn Boyd
14,345 PointsDo you have a specific question about this?
The challenge is focusing on the 'onclick' click event. The general syntax being:
object.onclick=function(){myScript};
Since you already have a named function written, that makes it even easier.
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Pointselement.on*event*=functionName;