Onclick event in Netscape and Firefox

dev2006v2 · Feb 22, 2006

Hello
Onclick event on a label works correctly for IE but not for Netscape and Firefox. I already wrote extensive code for IE so I don't want to change much code. My understanding is that Netscape and Firefox doesn't support onclick. What is the best way around this???
Thank you.

BabyJeffy · Feb 22, 2006

My understanding is that Netscape and Firefox doesn't support onclick

This is not the case. Both support onclick with no problems at all. Use this example on your various test browsers to confirm this:

Code:

<html>
<head><title>Test</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function hello() {
  alert('Hello world');
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div onclick="hello();">Click me</div>
</body>
</html>

Cheers,
Jeff

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BillyRayPreachersSon · Feb 22, 2006

As Jeff says, both NN and Fx support the onclick event. Maybe you can post the code you're specifically having problems with?

Maybe it's your code. Maybe it's badly written to support IE-only properties or objects (such as the global event object). But whatever it is, it's not lack of support for the browsers you mention.

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BillyRayPreachersSon · Mar 3, 2006

dev2006v2,

Did you solve your problem in the end?

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