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Pure JavaScript equivalent of jQuery click()?

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I am building a small app which captures mouse clicks. I wrote the prototype in jQuery but, since it is a small app focusing on speed, embedding jQuery to use just one function would be an overkill.

I tried to adapt this example from JavaScriptKit:

document.getElementById("alphanumeric").onkeypress=function(e){  

    //blah..blah..blah..  

}

but it didn't work when I tried this:

document.getElementsByTagName("x").onclick

What am I doing wrong?

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answered 15 Years ago anitamaeg · Accepted Answer

Say you have a list of p tags you would like to capture the click for the <p> tag:

var p = document.getElementsByTagName("p"); 

for (var i = 0; i < p.length; i++) { 

    p[i].onclick = function() { 

        alert("p is clicked and the id is " + this.id); 

    } 

}

Check out an example here for more clarity:
http://jsbin.com/onaci/