Example
Execute a JavaScript when a button is clicked:
Click me
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Definition and Usage
The title event occurs when the user clicks on an element.
In JavaScript, using the addEventListener[] method:
object.addEventListener["click", myScript];
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Technical Details
| Yes |
| Yes |
| MouseEvent |
| All exept: , , , , , , , , , , and |
More Examples
Click a to display the date:
What is the time?
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Click a
element to change the text color:
Click me to change my color.
function myFunction[] {
document.getElementById["demo"].style.color = "red";
}
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Another example on how to change the color of an element:
Click me to change my color.
function myFunction[element,
color] {
element.style.color = color;
}
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Click to copy text from one input field to another:
Copy Text
function myFunction[] {
document.getElementById["field2"].value =
document.getElementById["field1"].value;
}
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How to assign an " title" event to the window object:
window. title = myFunction;
function myFunction[] {
document.getElementsByTagName["BODY"][0].style.backgroundColor = "yellow";
}
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Use title to create a dropdown:
document.getElementById["myBtn"]. title = function[] {myFunction[]};
function myFunction[] {
document.getElementById["myDropdown"].classList.toggle["show"];
}
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Related Pages
JavaScript Tutorial: JavaScript Events
HTML DOM reference: ondblclick event
HTML DOM reference: onmousedown event
HTML DOM reference: onmouseup event
Browser Support
title is a DOM Level 2 [2001] feature.
It is fully supported in all browsers:
| Chrome | IE | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera |
| Yes | 9-11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Example
Execute a JavaScript when a button is clicked:
Click me
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More "Try it Yourself" examples below.
Definition and Usage
The title attribute fires on a mouse click on the element.
Browser Support
| title | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
Attribute Values
| script | The script to be run on title |
Technical Details
| All HTML elements, EXCEPT: , , , , , , , , , , and |
More Examples
Example
Click on a
element to change its text color to red:
Click me to change my text color.
function myFunction[] {
document.getElementById["demo"].style.color = "red";
}
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Example
Click on a button to copy some text from an input field to another input field:
Copy Text
function myFunction[] {
document.getElementById["field2"].value = document.getElementById["field1"].value;
}
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Related Pages
HTML DOM reference: title event
❮ HTML Event Attributes