javascript inline onclick code example

Example 1: how to add onclick event in javascript

var element = document.getElementById("elem");
element.onclick = function(event) {
  console.log(event);
}

Example 2: javascript onclick get event

<div onclick="doSomething(event,this)"></div>
<script>
     function doSomething(e,el){
         e = e || window.event;
         console.log(e); //will be the event
         console.log(el); //we be the dom element 
     }
</script>

Example 3: onclick a tag

<a href='http://www.google.com' onclick='return check()'>check</a>

<script type='text/javascript'>
function check() {
    return false;
}
</script>