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JavaScript

Posted by allisong
allisong
10,414 Points

Here is another way to write the on click event. I just wanted to share!

  1. Add a link to jQuery in the head of your file. You can place this after your title, but before your other scripts.
  2. Edit your functions.
  3. Take the onclick off in your HTML. (Sorry that the code is formatted awkwardly, I'm not sure what I am doing wrong.)

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <link href='//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Varela+Round' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> <title>AJAX with JavaScript</title> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.onreadystatechange = function(){ if(xhr.readyState === 4){ document.getElementById('ajax').innerHTML = xhr.responseText;

 }
};
xhr.open('GET', 'sidebar.html');

$(document).ready(function() { document.getElementById("load").addEventListener("click", sendAJAX); });

function sendAJAX(){
  xhr.send();
  document.getElementById("load").style.display = "none";
}

</script> </head> <body> <div class="grid-container centered"> <div class="grid-100"> <div class="contained"> <div class="grid-100"> <div class="heading"> <h1>Bring on the AJAX</h1> <button id="load">Click Me!</button> </div> <div id="ajax">

      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

</div> </body> </html>