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# vdl-event

Attach one or more event handlers to an element.

since 4.8

### Example

    <script>
      function clickHandler() {
        // click handler code
      }
    </script>

    <button vdl-event="click:clickHandler">Click</button>

### Attributes

vdl-event | A string containing references to one or more event and event handlers, an event handler being a global function defined inside a script tag. Specified as follows: "eventName: handlerReference". Several comma-separated event/event handlers can be specified. If you specify the same event name more than once the last one will override the previous handlers. | since 4.8 |  | required

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