Re: input checkbox onclick not working via DOM on IE7, FF, WebKit

On Oct 31, 2:35 pm, Aaron Gray wrote:

The following input checkbox onclick via DOM is not
working on IE7, FF, or WebKit, but is working on Opera
for some strange reason.
snip
function init()
{
test = document.createElement( "INPUT")
test.type = "checkbox"
test.checked = true
test.onClick = "alert( 'test = ' + this.checked)"
snip
Hope I have not missed something too silly.

In case sensitive javascript the property name to which you should be
assigning is 'onclick' (all lower case), and the value you should be
assigning is a reference to a function object not a string primitive.

Richard.

Le 10/31/08 4:32 PM, Aaron Gray a écrit :

"Richard Cornford" <Richard.Cornford (AT) googlemail (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:b29caec3-a504-4663-b98f-0d17e5c8d0d6 (AT) s9g2000prm (DOT) googlegroups.com...
On Oct 31, 2:35 pm, Aaron Gray wrote:
The following input checkbox onclick via DOM is not
working on IE7, FF, or WebKit, but is working on Opera
for some strange reason.
snip
function init()
{
test = document.createElement( "INPUT")
test.type = "checkbox"
test.checked = true
test.onClick = "alert( 'test = ' + this.checked)"

test.onclick = function() { alert('test = ' + this.checked); };
}

Have not done some JavaScript for a couple of weeks, amazing how quickly my
brain chucks things out.

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