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How do you override inline onclick event?

rated 0 times [ 31] [ 6] / answers: 1 / hits: 77945 / 14 Years ago, tue, april 13, 2010, 12:00:00

This seems deceptively simple.

How do you override the onclick event in the following HTML using JavaScript?

<a id=sample href=... onclick=alert('hello world') />...</a>

I've tried it with jQuery, but that didn't do the trick:

$('#sample').attr('onclick','alert(done)')

Assume the HTML is pre-written and cannot be changed, other than manipulating it with JavaScript.

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answered 14 Years ago ignacio · Accepted Answer

Try this:

// Setting the DOM element's onclick to null removes 

// the inline click handler

$(#sample)[0].onclick = null;

$(#sample).click(function() { alert(done) });