JavaScript alert

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JavaScript code samples 2
JavaScript alert - onClick, onMouseOver, onMouseOut
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JavaScript alert
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The alert function looks like this

alert('text')

1 JAVASCRIPT ALERT - ONCLICK
- an alert is shown when you click a link

<A HREF ="URL"
ONCLICK = "alert('Hi there!')">click here</A>

click here

Quotation marks like this

ONCLICK="alert('Hi there!')"

or like this

ONCLICK='alert("Hi there!")'

2 JAVASCRIPT ALERT - ONMOUSEOVER
- an alert is shown when the mouse pointer moves over a link

<A HREF ="mailto:yournamn@youraddress"
ONMOUSEOVER = "alert('Hi there!')">alert when pointer moves over link</A>

alert when pointer moves over link

The line that opens the JavaScript alert looks like this

onMouseOver="alert('Hi there!')"

3 JAVASCRIPT ALERT - ONMOUSEOUT
- an alert is displayed when the mouse pointer leaves the link

<A HREF ="mailto:yournamn@youraddress"
ONMOUSEOUT = "alert('Bye!')">message when pointer leaves the link</A>

alert when pointer leaves the link

FAQ

Is it possible to change the title of the alert?
No. On the other hand you can create your own message window (and decide the look of it) by simply opening a new window. See example 55.

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