We can attach event to HTML elements in the similar way how we access HTML elements using refs object. As a first step we add a ref attribute to a DOM element and access it using this.ref in the script block of the tag.
Attach ref − Add ref attribute to a DOM element.
<button ref = "clickButton">Click Me!</button>
Use the refs object − Now use the refs object in mount event. This event is fired when RIOT mounts the custom tag and it populates the refs object.
this.on("mount", function() { console.log("Mounting"); console.log(this.refs.username.value); })
Following is the complete example.
<custom5Tag> <form> <input ref = "username" type = "text" value = "Mahesh"/> <input type = "submit" value = "Click Me!" /> </form> <script> this.on("mount", function() { console.log("Mounting"); console.log(this.refs.username.value); }) </script> </custom5Tag>
<html> <head> <script src = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/riot/3.13.2/riot+compiler.min.js"></script> </head> <body> <custom5Tag></custom5Tag> <script src = "custom5Tag.tag" type = "riot/tag"></script> <script> riot.mount("custom5Tag"); </script> </body> </html>
This will produce following result −