JavaScript 101: Working with Events

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re: JavaScript 101: Working with Events

Clive Soden — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:04:33 GMT

I could not get the message to display on my test page for the Working With Events tutorial. I inserted the Show Message script in the head section. Then I inserted the p element containing the event handler to the body section. All I see on my page is "Here is a sample paragraph with an event." Nothing happens when I click on the text. What did I do wrong?

re: JavaScript 101: Working with Events

lisawoll — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 03:14:52 GMT

Oh, no, Clive. You didn't do anything wrong. In order to get the code to display properly on MSDN (which kept stripping out the onclick), I had to force a hidden hyphen. It's hidden so you can't see it unless you're in code view. I tested this and it seemed to be a solutino, but unfortunately, it appears that the hyphen copies with the text.

Open your page in FrontPage and switch to code view. Locate the text

<p on-click="ShowMessage
('A little JavaScript fun!');">
Here is a sample paragraph with
an event.</p>

Then remove the hyphen so that it looks like this:

<p onclick="ShowMessage
('A little JavaScript fun!');">
Here is a sample paragraph with
an event.</p>

Hope this helps. I'll know not to do that again!