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Phong Pham
8,217 PointsWhat's the difference between .click() and .onclick()?
When do you use click or onclick?
4 Answers
Michael Brown
12,406 PointsSo onclick creates an attribute within the binded HTML tag, using a string which is linked to a function. Whereas .click binds the function itself to the property element.
My next question is, which is a better practice?
My guess is .click because it directly binds the JavaScript function to the property, thus allowing the site to load faster.
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 PointsTo me click() sounds like a jquery method whereas onclick() is an event. :-)
Jeremiah Lugtu
9,910 PointsThis should be the right answer...
Stephen Printup
UX Design Techdegree Student 45,252 PointsPhong-
I found this link that may help out: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13852899/whats-the-difference-between-click-and-onclick-when-creating-an-element-wit
sibal gesekki
3,484 Pointsthats jquery not vanilla js
bviengineer
16,484 PointsThe difference is still not clear.