How to call multiple JavaScript functions in onclick event?

Question

Is there any way to use the onclick html attribute to call more than one JavaScript function?

Answer 1

One addition, for maintainable JavaScript is using a named function.

This is the example of the anonymous function:

var el = document.getElementById('id');

// example using an anonymous function (not recommended):
el.addEventListener('click', function() { alert('hello world'); });
el.addEventListener('click', function() { alert('another event') });

But imagine you have a couple of them attached to that same element and want to remove one of them. It is not possible to remove a single anonymous function from that event listener.

Instead, you can use named functions:

var el = document.getElementById('id');

// create named functions:
function alertFirst() { alert('hello world'); };
function alertSecond() { alert('hello world'); };

// assign functions to the event listeners (recommended):
el.addEventListener('click', alertFirst);
el.addEventListener('click', alertSecond);

// then you could remove either one of the functions using:
el.removeEventListener('click', alertFirst);

This also keeps your code a lot easier to read and maintain. Especially if your function is larger.