My onclick event is being ignored

Question

I am trying to fire a Google Analytics Event on a simple image rollover. When clicking the image rollover it needs to go to a URL as well as fire the event. The code that I've tried is below. The only thing that doesn't work is the onclick event.

<a onClick="ga('set', 'nonInteraction', true);ga('send', 'event', 'graphic', 'click', 'Example Title Here',1);" href="#">

Are there any errors in the console? – epascarello Jul 28 '14 at 13:39 — epascarello, Jul 28 '14 at 13:39

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 28 '14 at 13:37

That property should be 'onclick', and I would actually recommend attaching the event with some javascript.

<a id="ga_btn" href="#">

<script type="text/javascript">
    var ga_btn = document.getElementById('ga_btn');
    ga_btn.onclick = function () {
        ga('set', 'nonInteraction', true);
        ga('send', 'event', 'graphic', 'click', 'Example Title Here',1);
    }
</script>

I say use javascript because it's easier to maintain; you can just put all of your events in one place. You could just throw them all in a separate file if you want.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 28 '14 at 13:41

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<a onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Graphic', 'Click', 'Example Title Here']);" href="#">
  <img src="Off.jpg" onmouseover="this.src='On.jpg'" onmouseout="this.src='Off.jpg'" />
</a>

Anatomy of event tracking

answered Jul 28 '14 at 13:41

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My onclick event is being ignored

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