Javascript: get element's current "onclick" contents

Question

I have a page with the following code:

<a id="test" href="someurl" onclick="somefunction">link</a>

I need to actually read the 'onclick' data. As such, I would like something to the effect of

alert(document.getElementById('test').onClick)

Sadly, it returns undefined. What do I need to do to get somefunction?

Answer 1

Assuming your anchor tag is well-formed, you can get the literal text of that attribute using getAttribute(), e.g.:

alert(document.getElementById('test').getAttribute('onclick'));

Hopefully you aren't using onclick for some unscrupulous purpose like storing data. :3

Answer 2

You should try:

document.getElementById('test').onclick