event attributes of HTML em element

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:12 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

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

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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

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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

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Example of onmousedown attribute of em element

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