As per the information found on the w3schools website, JavaScript can utilize HTML DOM events to register various event handlers on elements within an HTML document. Events are commonly paired with functions, ensuring that the function is only executed once the specified event occurs.
If you refer to the code snippet I provided, you may gain a deeper understanding of how events function. By clicking the button in the code, you will see details related to the "click" or MouseEvent event displayed in the console.
To illustrate this further, I created a div element where clicking anywhere within it triggers an alert showing the position of your click, utilizing the "clientX" and "clientY" properties of the 'click' event.
function clickFunc(inp) {
console.log(inp);
}
function mousePlace(inp2) {
posX = inp2.clientX;
posY = inp2.clientY;
alert("x:"+posX+"y:"+posY);
}
.bg-red {
background-color: rgb(200,15,10);
height: 400px;
width: 80%;
margin: 2px auto;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>events</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<div>
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<button onclick="clickFunc(event)">click me</button>
</div>
<div class="bg-red" onclick="mousePlace(event)">
</div>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>