nevermind, i figured out that it can only be a function reference, not a call. item.onclick = foo; --- Anthony Ettinger <apwebdesign at yahoo.com> wrote: > this doesn't seem to work: > > var item = document.getElementById('foo'); > item.onclick = "alert('foo');"; > > http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:element.onclick > > Anthony Ettinger > ph: (408) 656-2473 > web: http://www.apwebdesign.com > _______________________________________________ > Javascript mailing list > Javascript at LaTech.edu > https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript > Anthony Ettinger ph: (408) 656-2473 web: http://www.apwebdesign.com