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How to check a button is clicked or not in JavaScript ?

Last Updated : 07 Dec, 2023
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In this article, we will see how to check whether a button is clicked or not using JavaScript.

There are two methods to check whether a button is clicked or not, these are:

Method 1: Using onclick Event

First, we will create a button, then use document.querySelector() to select the button element, and after that apply onclick event to check whether the button is clicked or not.

Example: In this example, we have used above explained approach.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        How to check a button is clicked
        or not in JavaScript?
    </title>
 
    <style>
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
 
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
 
        input[type="button"] {
            padding: 5px 10px;
            margin-top: 10px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
 
    <h3>
        How to check a button is clicked
        or not in JavaScript?
    </h3>
 
    <input type="button"
    class="button" value="Button"
    onclick="myGeeks()">
 
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            document.querySelector(".button").
            onclick = function () {
            alert("Button Clicked");
            }
        }
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>


Output:

Output

Method 2: Using click Event

First, we will create a button, then use document.querySelector() to select the button element, and after that apply addEventListener() and click event to check whether the button is clicked or not.

Example: In this example, we have use above explained approach.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        How to check a button is clicked
        or not in JavaScript?
    </title>
 
    <style>
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
 
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
 
        input[type="button"] {
            padding: 5px 10px;
            margin-top: 10px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
 
    <h3>
        How to check a button is clicked
        or not in JavaScript?
    </h3>
 
    <input type="button" class="button"
    value="Button" onclick="myGeeks()">
 
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            document.querySelector(".button")
                .addEventListener("click", function () {
                    alert("Button Clicked");
                });
        }
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>


Output:



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