Onclick Javascript Does Not Work in Google Chrome and Firefox?

By | March 6, 2011


Onclick Javascript in Google Chrome and Firefox Does Not Work?If you have found that onclick event does not work on Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari web browsers, then here is quick way to fix it:

Replace onclick form id with its name

For example, let’s say you have the following:

id=”form1″ name=”checkform1″

Find JS event:

onclick=”document.form1.cSSld.value=””

Replace with:

onclick=”document.checkform1.cSSld.value=””

All set. It now works with all web browsers.


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  1. Lars Gunther says:
    March 6, 2011 at 10:04 am

    Better yet, don’t use this pattern at all. There is an implicit eval when you set a string as an event handler. Also, this example does not seem to be unobtrusive.

    It seems that this is what you’re looking for (depending on the rest of the HTML):

    [script]
    document.getElementById(“the_button”).onclick = function () {
    document.getElementsByName(“cSSid”).value = “”;
    }
    [/script]

    Also note that IE in real standards mode will noot leak ids as global symbols in JavaScript. Thus the very first code does not work in any browser if you’re doing things right.

  2. Rudi Visser says:
    March 8, 2011 at 8:34 am

    It’s always been document.name, not document.id..

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