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Newbie: Click on element and fire Javascript

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Jan 11.2020

Hi. I am trying to finish a personal website and have discovered I need Javascript to do something but alas I know no Javascript.

Am hoping somebody could help me solve my issue.

When a user clicks on particular HTML element, I would like to fire off some Javascript.

So where do I begin?

Thanks in advance!

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@sibertJan 12.2020 — https://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp
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@NachfolgerJan 15.2020 — Given the HTML markup:
``<i>
</i>&lt;div id='element-1'&gt;
Hey, this is element 1
&lt;/div&gt;<i>
</i>`</CODE>

We can execute a function (anonymous or otherwise) when clicking <C>element-1</C> by using a event listener:
<CODE>`<i>
</i>document.getElementById('element-1').onclick = randomFucntion;

function randomFucntion() {
alert("Hey! You clicked me");
}<i>
</i>`</CODE>

Full code:
<CODE>`<i>
</i>&lt;html&gt;
&lt;head&gt;
&lt;title&gt;Testing Onclick&lt;/title&gt;
&lt;/head&gt;
&lt;body&gt;
&lt;div id='element-1'&gt;
Hey, this is element 1
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;script&gt;
document.getElementById('element-1').onclick = randomFucntion;

function randomFucntion() {
alert("Hey! You clicked me");
}
&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;<i>
</i>``
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@VITSUSAJan 16.2020 — @SugarBush#1612965 Can you please share a snapshot of the code? It will more helpful for us to understand the errors.
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