I have something like that:
<div onclick="doSomething('foo', 'bar');"></div>
As you can see, the event isn't passed to the handler. Is it somehow possible to access it inside the handler anyway?
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I don't understand what you want know... Don't you want to use the onclick attribute? is it? – Polyana Fontes Dec 13 '12 at 17:39
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3Not in a cross-browser way. In IE and Chrome you can access `window.event`. – Felix Kling Dec 13 '12 at 17:42
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It's not something I would have wanted to do but a problem I was tasked to face :) – Przemek Dec 13 '12 at 17:46
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1duplicated with: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5849370/get-the-event-object-in-an-event-handling-function-without-pass-the-event-object – Polyana Fontes Dec 13 '12 at 17:51
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Thanks, I must have missed that one. – Przemek Dec 13 '12 at 17:52
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As you can see, the event isn't passed to the handler. Is it somehow possible to access it inside the handler anyway?
No.
The best way to accomplish this is to add an id to your div, and set up the event handling from a script.
This should do what you're looking for
<div id='myDiv'></div>
And then
function doSomething(evt, str1, str2) { ... }
document.getElementById('myDiv').onclick = function(e) {
doSomething(e, 'foo', 'bar');
};
Just make sure the script tags that contain the above are at the bottom of you body tag, so the script doesn't run until the dom is created and ready.
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1Of course that's the way to go and it's the only one I use. But I would like to find out if there is a way to do it the way described in the question - i.e. without changing the inline call. – Przemek Dec 13 '12 at 17:44
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This is the preferred way, but you haven't answered the question. – Lightness Races in Orbit Dec 13 '12 at 17:44
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@LightnessRacesinOrbit - you're right. I actually don't know if it's possible to do it with the same code he has. If you post an answer I'll be happy to upvote it. – Adam Rackis Dec 13 '12 at 17:48
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1@Przemek: Without changing the inline call? Pretty sure the answer is "no". – gen_Eric Dec 13 '12 at 17:49
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1@AdamRackis: I don't have an answer. If that's because this can't be done, and if you add "no" to the beginning of _your_ answer, I'll be happy to upvote it ;) – Lightness Races in Orbit Dec 13 '12 at 17:53
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1Well - this is the right answer, so the only way for me is to accept it. Thank you all for your help. – Przemek Dec 13 '12 at 17:57
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