How to Set OnClick attribute with value containing function in ie8

Question

My goal is to change the onclick attribute of a link  I can do it successfully  but the resulting link doesn t work in ie8  It does work in ff3   For example  this works in Firefox 3  but not IE8  Why    lt p gt  lt a id  bar  href     onclick  temp    gt click me lt  a gt  lt  p gt    lt script gt      doIt   function             alert  hello world               foo   document getElementById  bar        foo setAttribute  onclick   javascript doIt        lt  script gt

User · Answer

You could also set onclick to call your function like this   foo onclick   function     callYourJSFunction arg1  arg2        This way  you can pass arguments too

User · Answer

your best bet is to use a javascript framework like jquery or prototype  but  failing that  you should use   if  foo addEventListener       foo addEventListener  click  doit false     everything else     else if  foo attachEvent      foo attachEvent  onclick  doit      IE only   edit   also  your function is a little off  it should be  var doit   function        alert  hello world

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You don t need to use setAttribute for that - This code works  IE8 also    lt div id  something   gt Hello lt  div gt   lt script type  text javascript   gt       function             document getElementById  something   onclick   function                  alert  hello                           lt  script gt

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You also can use   element addEventListener  click   function           call execute function here       false

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