call javascript function from haml link_to

Question

I would like to invoke a javascript function (without JQuery) when the onclick even fires from a link_to tag in haml. How can I do this?

Answer 1

I think this could work:

link_to "your link", href, :onclick => "jsFunction"

Or, doing everything JS side:

document.body.addEventListener('click',function(e)
{
    var target = e.target || e.srcElement;
    if (target.tagName.toLowerCase() !== 'a')
    {
        return e;//not clicked on link
    }
    //a link was clicked, maybe check class or id or other stuff to narrow it down
    //if a link you were interested in was clicked:
    return theClickFunction.apply(target,[e]);
},false);