I am trying to dynamically create buttons which are displayed in the 5th (last) column of a table, which is also created dynamically. Everything is created properly. However, upon clicking the buttons, the function is not triggered. Perhaps it is because I am using vue.js to develop my front-end. I have tried using “v-on:click” instead of “click” in the button.setAttribute('click', 'claim()') code below, but this did not help.
var table = document.createElement('table')
for (var i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
var th = document.createElement('th')
th.appendChild(header)
table.appendChild(th)
for (var j = 1; j <= 4; j++) {
var tr = document.createElement('tr')
for (var k = 1; k <= 5; k++) {
var td = document.createElement('td')
var node = document.createTextNode(k)
td.appendChild(node)
tr.appendChild(td)
if (k === 5) {
var button = document.createElement('input')
button.setAttribute('type', 'submit')
button.setAttribute('value', 'Purchase')
button.setAttribute('click', 'purchase()')
td.appendChild(button)
}
}
table.appendChild(tr)
}
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Answer
You need to use addEventListener for adding any event. Example : button.addEventListener('click', purchase)
var app = document.getElementById("app");
var table = document.createElement('table');
app.appendChild(table)
for (var i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
var th = document.createElement('th')
//th.appendChild(header)
table.appendChild(th)
for (var j = 1; j <= 4; j++) {
var tr = document.createElement('tr')
for (var k = 1; k <= 5; k++) {
var td = document.createElement('td')
var node = document.createTextNode(k)
td.appendChild(node)
tr.appendChild(td)
if (k === 5) {
var button = document.createElement('input')
button.setAttribute('type', 'submit')
button.setAttribute('value', 'Purchase')
button.addEventListener('click', purchase)
td.appendChild(button)
}
}
table.appendChild(tr)
}
}
function purchase() {
console.log("done")
}<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/vue/2.5.17/vue.js"></script> <div id='app'> </div>