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How do you catch a click event with plain Javascript?

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I know that when using jQuery you can do $('element').click(); to catch the click event of an HTML element, but how do you do that with plain Javascript?

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answered 13 Years ago leog · Accepted Answer

document.getElementById('element').onclick = function(e){

  alert('click');

}

DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/e9jZW/1/