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Howie Yeo
Courses Plus Student 3,639 PointsWhy is .onclick() = "click" when using addEventListener?
In the video, he changed to using EventTarget.addEventListener() to replace .onclick but I'm not sure why is the string version of .onclick is define as "click" in the event instead of "onclick" ?
addButton.addEventListener("click", addTask);
addButton.addEventListener("click", ajaxRequest);
2 Answers
akak
29,446 PointsThat's just the syntax of addEventListener() method. It uses "click" instead of "onclick".
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_document_addeventlistener.asp Look in the event section. It says: "Note: Do not use the "on" prefix. For example, use "click" instead of "onclick"." Previously Andrew was using: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ev_onclick.asp. Those are two different things.
Jarrod Brooks
5,071 Points'click' is an event type, which is essentially a message.
onclick is a global event handler that listens for the 'click' event.
addEventListener('click') is a a method to register a new listener for any event type, in this case'click'.
So basically, 'onclick' is not an event type in this context. 'click' is the event type that onclick listens to.
Howie Yeo
Courses Plus Student 3,639 PointsHowie Yeo
Courses Plus Student 3,639 PointsThanks! Didnt catch that one ;)