[javascript] Add onClick event to document.createElement("th")

I am dynamically adding columns to a table by using document.createElement("th")

var newTH = document.createElement('th');

Is there a way to set an onClick attribute for this so a user can delete the column by clicking on the header? Any help would be great. If this is not possible, is it possible to put something in

newTH.innerHTML

to make it work?

This question is related to javascript html-table

The answer is


var newTH = document.createElement('th');
newTH.innerHTML = 'Hello, World!';
newTH.onclick = function () {
    this.parentElement.removeChild(this);
};

var table = document.getElementById('content');
table.appendChild(newTH);

Working example: http://jsfiddle.net/23tBM/

You can also just hide with this.style.display = 'none'.


var newTH = document.createElement('th');
newTH.addEventListener( 'click', function(){
  // delete the column here
} );

var newTH = document.createElement('th');
newTH.onclick = function() {
      //Your code here
}

var newTH = document.createElement('th');
newTH.setAttribute("onclick", "removeColumn(#)");
newTH.setAttribute("id", "#");

function removeColumn(#){
// remove column #
}