jquery clicked on element code example

Example 1: on click jquery

$( "#dataTable tbody tr" ).on( "click", function() {
  console.log( $( this ).text() );
});

Example 2: jquery on click function

//1st way
$(".searchCategory").click(function () {
  //your code here
});

//2nd way
$(".searchCategory").on( "click",getCategory);	// getCategory is a function but don't need the pharenthesis
//if you write getCategory() instead of getCategory when getCategory is a function with no pharamenters it might not work