# ? para.setAttribute(onclick, "myFunction1(para.id)") **URL:** \ **Category:** programming\ **Created:** [February 2, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/para-setattribute-onclick-myfunction1-para-id/656704 "2023-02-02T20:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![vmars316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bcef8e/32.png) [@vmars316](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vmars316)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/para-setattribute-onclick-myfunction1-para-id/656704/1 "2023-02-02T20:38:58Z")

Thanks for your Help… Is an element onclick an attribute or a property ? Anyways what am I doing wrong ? ```auto

The Document Object

The createElement() Method

Create a p element and append it to "myDiv":

A DIV element

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/para-setattribute-onclick-myfunction1-para-id/656704/2 "2023-02-02T21:28:17Z")

This approach won’t work AFAIK. What you can do is use **addEventListener** : ```auto para.addEventListener("click", clickMe, false); function clickMe(event) { console.log("Clicked!"); }; ``` Or you can set the **onclick** as follows: ```auto para.onclick = function() { console.log("Clicked!"); }; ``` ---

**Author:** ![vmars316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bcef8e/32.png) [@vmars316](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vmars316)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/para-setattribute-onclick-myfunction1-para-id/656704/3 "2023-02-03T00:32:39Z")

Thanks , Here is the bigger picture: How can I make ‘function dragMouseDown’ and other Functions run ? So Far , NO GO . In future versions I will Create newElements , 20 or more , and be able to DnD each anywhere on window . That’s why I wanted to build an click/onclick into Element as it was being created . Thanks… [https://vmars.us/Guitar/Which-DIV-was-CLICKED-BY-PARENT.html](https://vmars.us/Guitar/Which-DIV-was-CLICKED-BY-PARENT.html) [code] ```auto

result =

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**Author:** ![PAEz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/paez/32/19607_2.png) [@PAEz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/PAEz)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/para-setattribute-onclick-myfunction1-para-id/656704/4 "2023-02-03T15:30:29Z")

hehe, I thought you had this! You should have been able to drag as many elelemnts as you wanted with the old one. Anywayz, I havent tried this one but theres one obvious mistake just glancing at the code. In dragElement you define pos1-4 and then try to access them in other functions. They only exist in the scope of dragElement, move them to above the definition of dragElement…no idea if this will make it work. ---

**Author:** ![vmars316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bcef8e/32.png) [@vmars316](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vmars316)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/para-setattribute-onclick-myfunction1-para-id/656704/5 "2023-02-04T22:42:12Z")

Hi PAEz ; Yes , DnD Create Elements works fine . I am trying to modify this Code: [https://www.w3schools.com/howto/tryit.asp?filename=tryhow\_js\_draggable](https://www.w3schools.com/howto/tryit.asp?filename=tryhow_js_draggable) Which works for ‘1 div Only’ and make it work for ‘Multiple divs’ . That code is ‘Lightning Fast’ . The above code is an experiment to see ‘How to’ call Functions and pass info . My code: ```auto

result =

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