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event attributes of HTML em element

event attributes of HTML em 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).

onclick

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

Syntax

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

Example of using onclick with em element

<!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>HTML em tag example - HTML tutorial | w3resource</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function w3r_em_onclick(){
alert("Thanks for visiting w3reource.");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is an example of <em onclick="w3r_em_onclick()">HTML em tag.</em></p>
</body>
</html>

Result

onclick with em element

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Example of onclick attribute of em element

ondblclick

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

Syntax

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

Example of using ondblclick with em element

<!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>HTML em tag example - HTML tutorial | w3resource</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function w3r_em_ondblclick(){
alert("Thanks for visiting w3reource.");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is an example of <em ondblclick="w3r_em_ondblclick()">HTML em tag.</em></p>
</body>
</html>

Result

ondblclick with em element

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Example of ondblclick attribute of em element

onmousedown

onmousedown attribute of HTML em 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

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

Example of using onmousedown with em element

<!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>HTML em tag example - HTML tutorial | w3resource</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function w3r_em_onmousedown(){
alert("Thanks for visiting w3reource.");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is an example of <em onmousedown="w3r_em_onmousedown()">HTML em tag.</em></p>
</body>
</html>

Result

onmousedown with em element

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Example of onmousedown attribute of em element

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