onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown event attributes of an HTML element

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:39 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

event attributes of an HTML element allow users to initiate some action (as if some script is being executed) against interaction (e.g. clicking by mouse, pressing a key etc).

For all the examples, and syntax, we have used abbr element.

onclick

onclick attribute of HTML element initiates some action predefined in a script associated with it, when the user clicks on the content of the element.

Syntax

<abbr onclick="some_script | calling some
script">text content</abbr>

Supported elements

All elements but APPLET, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BR, FONT, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, HTML, IFRAME, ISINDEX, META, PARAM, SCRIPT, STYLE, TITLE.

Example of using onclick

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of using onclick </title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function w3r_abbr_onclick(){
alert("Thanks for visiting w3resource.");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Even after three months of the devastating flood in Pakistan,
people are still without food, shelter or hope; <abbr title="British
Broadcasting Corporation"
onclick="w3r_abbr_onclick()">BBC</abbr> reports.</p>
</body>
</html>

Result

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Example of onclick attribute

ondblclick

Description

ondblclick attribute of HTML abbr element initiates some action predefined in a script associated with it, when user double clicks on the content of the element.

Syntax

<abbr ondblclick="some_script | calling some
script">text content</abbr>

Supported elements

All elements but APPLET, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BR, FONT, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, HTML, IFRAME, ISINDEX, META, PARAM, SCRIPT, STYLE, TITLE.

Example of using ondblclick

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of using ondblclick</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function w3r_abbr_ondblclick(){
alert("Thanks for visiting w3resource.");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Even after three months of the devastating flood in Pakistan,
people are still without food, shelter or hope; <abbr title="British
Broadcasting Corporation"
ondblclick="w3r_abbr_ondblclick()">BBC</abbr>
reports.</p>
</body>
</html>

Result

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Example of ondblclick attribute

onmousedown

Description

onmousedown attribute of HTML abbr element initiates some action predefined in a script associated with it, when the user presses the mouse button on the content of the element.

Syntax

<abbr onmousedown="some_script | calling some
script">text content</abbr>

Supported elements

All elements but APPLET, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BR, FONT, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, HTML, IFRAME, ISINDEX, META, PARAM, SCRIPT, STYLE, TITLE.

Example of using onmousedown

 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of using onmousedown</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function w3r_abbr_onmousedown(){
alert("Thanks for visiting w3resource.");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Even after three months of the devastating flood in Pakistan,
people are still without food, shelter or hope; <abbr title="British
Broadcasting
Corporation"onmousedown="w3r_abbr_onmousedown()">BBC</abbr>
reports.</p>
</body>
</html>

Result

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Example of onmousedown attribute

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