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Using DOM to change the onClick command


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How can I change the event handler using DOMHere is one of the many wrong ways I have tried to do this.

document.getElementById('expAll').event.onclick="expandAll(false)";

expAll is the ID of an anchor tag.expandAll(false) is a javascript function. The entire code can be seen at My WebsiteI may be able to switch the event handeler using just the javascript function itself. But I do not know how to create a variable in Javascript that will switch and retain the value of a logical variable.

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First and foremost, apply the callback on the onclick object. There's no "event" object in a DOM element*. Second, specify a reference to the function. Example:

document.getElementById('expAll').onclick=expandAll;

Specifying expandAll(false) will mean that the result of the function will become the event handler. Unless expandAll(false) returns a reference to a function, that's probably not what you want.* The callback function however receives one argument that is an event object. It contains information about the event such as the (in this case) clicked element, the button(s) pressed, etc.

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First and foremost, apply the callback on the onclick object. There's no "event" object in a DOM element*. Second, specify a reference to the function. Example:
document.getElementById('expAll').onclick=expandAll;

This simulates the onclick event. I want to reset what happens when the element is clicked. I end up in a continuous loop.
function expandAll(bValue) {	 Alert(bValue);	 if bValue {		document.getElementById('expAll').onclick=expandAll(false);	 } else {		document.getElementById('expAll').onclick=expandAll(true);	 }

I want to reset what happens when the element is actually clicked.

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tryfunction expandAll(bValue) { alert(bValue); if (bValue == true) { document.getElementById('expAll').setAttribute('onclick', 'expandAll(false)'); document.getElementById("expAll").onclick = function(){expandAll(false);};//IE document.getElementById('expAll').innerHTML="false"; } else { document.getElementById('expAll').setAttribute('onclick', 'expandAll(true)'); document.getElementById("expAll").onclick = function(){expandAll(true);};//IE document.getElementById('expAll').innerHTML="true"; } }<a href="java script:void(0);" id="expAll" onclick="expandAll(false);">false</a>

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