Add onclick event listener to container div.
I tried the following, and as you can see, the event does not seem to be registered. How can I add the listener to this div?
The div id I want is "engineersContainer."
document.getElementById("engineersContainer").addEventListener("click", function(e) {
console.log("It was clicked");
alert("It was clicked");
});
.barContainer {
margin: 2px;
border: 2px solid black;
border-radius: 20px;
width: 200px;
//width:-moz-fit-content;
//width: fit-content;
padding: 5px;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
background: #34e8eb;
z-index: -1;
}
.containerHeader:before {
content:"";
background: skyblue;
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
z-index: -1;
height:45px
}
<div id="engineersContainer" class="barContainer">
<div id="engineerList" class="containerHeader" style="font-size:1.5em; text-align:center">Current Engineer </div>
<div> Engineer's Name</div>
<div id="clickText" style="padding-bottom: 10px; font-size:0.75em; text-align:center "> (Click to See All Permits) </div>
</div>
>Solution :
- Remove the -1 z-index, otherwise it will be under the rest of the page
- Add the event listener in the page load event
See second example for a workaround
window.addEventListener("load", function() {
document.getElementById("engineersContainer")
.addEventListener("click", function(e) {
console.log("It was clicked");
});
});
.barContainer {
margin: 2px;
border: 2px solid black;
border-radius: 20px;
width: 200px;
//width:-moz-fit-content;
//width: fit-content;
padding: 5px;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
background: #34e8eb;
/* z-index: -1 */
}
.containerHeader:before {
content: "";
background: skyblue;
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
z-index: -1;
height: 45px
}
.containerHeader {
font-size: 1.5em;
text-align: center
}
#clickText {
padding-bottom: 10px;
font-size: 0.75em;
text-align: center
}
<div id="engineersContainer" class="barContainer">
<div id="engineerList" class="containerHeader">Current Engineer </div>
<div> Engineer's Name</div>
<div id="clickText"> (Click to See All Permits) </div>
</div>
Otherwise add another div on top of it
window.addEventListener("load", function() {
document.getElementById("engineersContainerClick").addEventListener("click", function(e) {
console.log("It was clicked");
});
});
.barContainer {
margin: 2px;
border: 2px solid black;
border-radius: 20px;
width: 200px;
//width:-moz-fit-content;
//width: fit-content;
padding: 5px;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
background: #34e8eb;
z-index: -1
}
#engineersContainerClick {
margin: 2px;
border-radius: 20px;
width: 200px;
height:70px;
padding: 5px;
border:none;
overflow: hidden;
position: absolute;top:0;
background-color: transparent;
z-index:999;
}
.containerHeader:before {
content: "";
background: skyblue;
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
z-index: -1;
height: 45px
}
.containerHeader {
font-size: 1.5em;
text-align: center
}
#clickText {
padding-bottom: 10px;
font-size: 0.75em;
text-align: center
}
<div id="engineersContainer" class="barContainer">
<div id="engineerList" class="containerHeader">Current Engineer </div>
<div> Engineer's Name</div>
<div id="clickText"> (Click to See All Permits) </div>
</div>
<div id="engineersContainerClick" class="barContainer">