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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript Adding Events

Jerry Schrader
Jerry Schrader
4,396 Points
Posted by Jerry Schrader
Jerry Schrader
4,396 Points

This is not working sayButton.onClick = greeting;

Not sure what I am doing wrong

app.js 
var sayButton = document.getElementById("say");
var greeting = function() {
  alert("Hello World!");
}
sayButton.onClick = greeting;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<button id="say">Say "Hello World!"</button>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

3 Answers

Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points
Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points

Try using "onclick" instead of "onClick"

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points
Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Jerry,

The challenges can get quite specific. Just looks to be the casing on the onclick for the following line:

sayButton.onClick = greeting;

Changing that should sort it.

-Rich

Jerry Schrader
Jerry Schrader
4,396 Points
Jerry Schrader
Jerry Schrader
4,396 Points

Thanks, I could have sworn he used onClick, it's good now.