How to set onclick with javascript?

Question

I am trying to set the onclick event using javascript. The following code works:

var link = document.createElement(\'a\');
link.setAttribute(\'href\', \"#\");
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Answer 1

You can add a DOM even listener with addEventListener(...), as David said. I've included attachEvent for compatibility with IE.

var link = document.createElement('a');
link.setAttribute('href', "#");
if(link.addEventListener){
   link.addEventListener('click', function(){
      alert('clicked');
   });
}else if(link.attachEvent){
   link.attachEvent('onclick', function(){
      alert('clicked');
   });
}