Is there a way to use javascript to check if a button has been clicked

Question

Hi all,

I'm just curious if there is a simple way to do this, something along these lines

javascript:

if(document.getElementById('button').clicked == true)
{
   alert("button was clicked");
}

html:

<input id="button" type="submit" name="button" value="enter"/>

Thank You Ruth

Answer 1

You can add a click event handler for this:

document.getElementById('button').onclick = function() {
   alert("button was clicked");
}​;​

This will alert when it's clicked, if you want to track it for later, just set a variable to true in that function instead of alerting, or variable++ if you want to count the number of clicks, whatever your ultimate use is. You can see an example here.

Answer 2

Just hook up the onclick event:

<input id="button" type="submit" name="button" value="enter" onclick="myFunction();"/>

Answer 3

No, Javascript doesn't work in that way.Instead You can write the functionality when a button is clicked as suggested by paolo and Nick.