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JavaScript

Posted by Sunny Chu
Sunny Chu
4,677 Points

Difference between <button onclick='myFunction'> and adding event listener for click?

What's the difference between <button onclick='myFunction'> and adding a event listener? When should I use which method?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points

You can add any number of event listeners, but an element has only one "onclick" property.

In most cases, you'll want to use event listeners but the "onclick" can be handy for testing or relatively trivial scripts where you're certain to need only one handler.