
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 −