Get event in onclick attribute

Asked May 06 '15 at 19:33

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When I add an onclick handler to a page element by adding an event listener to it, I have access to the event javascript variable in the handler. E.g. $('a')[0].addEventListener('click', doFoo);

Is there a way to get that event when using the html attribute instead of adding an event listener? E.g. <a href="..." onclick="doFoo(event);">bar</a>?

edited May 06 '15 at 19:36

asked May 06 '15 at 19:33

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@MikeRobinson does that mean that `bar` would work as it's currently written? – Mar May 06 '15 at 19:40
yes but you shouldn't be putting js in your elements – bhspencer May 06 '15 at 19:41
@MartinCarney yes it should as stated in the question above – Huangism May 06 '15 at 19:42
@bhspencer reference? – Mar May 06 '15 at 19:42
It should work by the way you used – Jagadish Dharanikota May 06 '15 at 19:47
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1070760/javascript-function-in-href-vs-onclick – bhspencer May 06 '15 at 19:48

Get event in onclick attribute

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