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Daniel Deng
Courses Plus Student 4,322 Pointsclick and onclick
HTML: <ul> <li class="0104-li">Apple</li> <li class="0104-li">Amazon</li> <li class="0104-li">Google</li> <li class="0104-li">Microsoft</li> </ul>
JavaScript using click(): $("li.0104-li").hide().parent().before("<a class='0104a' href='#'>Show Tech Giants</a>"); $("a.0104a").click(function() { $("li.0104-li").show(); });
However, when I try and change it to onclick, then it won't work: $("li.0104-li").hide().parent().before("<a class='0104a' href='#'>Show Tech Giants</a>"); $("a.0104a").onclick = function() { $("li.0104-li").show(); };
Why? Thanks for your answer.
2 Answers
Kevin Korte
28,148 PointsThere is no .onclick() function in jQuery.
You either have to use .click() or the .on() function to look for clicks, like
.on( 'click', function(){
$('li.0104-li').show();
});
on click is a html attribute to do something with javascript
Daniel Deng
Courses Plus Student 4,322 PointsThanks.