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JavaScript

Ben Brenton
Ben Brenton
266 Points
Posted by Ben Brenton
Ben Brenton
266 Points

Using HTML buttons with JS

I am working on a personal project where I want buttons on a website, and when they are clicked it loads up a JS file. I assume I need to insert code into the JS file so it doesn't jump up straight away when you load the webpage, but can anyone offer further guidance on this?

4 Answers

John Breslin
John Breslin
16,963 Points

One way is to use the onClick attribute: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/event_onclick.asp

ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points
ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points

Hi,

When I do my buttons. I write code in HTML and attach js file. I write function in js or jQuery in js file. It won't jump up until anybody click the button.

:)

jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

yup onclick. You can click buttons, p, h1, img, anything actually.

Ben Brenton
Ben Brenton
266 Points
Ben Brenton
Ben Brenton
266 Points

Thanks for the help guys! I think I might be jumping ahead in my JS knowledge a bit anyway so may take a bit more time to understand how to implement in my current code, but the .onClick method certainly seems to be the way to do it.