When we click on an element on the web page with the mouse, then the click event is activated. This click event is accessed from predefined click() method. This click() method is written in jquery library. Executes a function when the click() method is activated.
Syntax
$(selector).click(function() {
//statement
});
Example
<!doctype html>
<html lang='en'>
<head>
<!-- Required meta tags -->
<meta charset='utf-8'>
<meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no'>
<script src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js'></script>
<!-- Bootstrap CSS -->
<link rel='stylesheet' href='https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css' integrity='sha384-ggOyR0iXCbMQv3Xipma34MD+dH/1fQ784/j6cY/iJTQUOhcWr7x9JvoRxT2MZw1T' crossorigin='anonymous'>
<title>Click Event demo</title>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$('button').click(function () {
alert('This is a alert box, this box is occur from click event');
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class='container'>
<button class='btn btn-primary my-1' >Click me then show the alert box</button>
</div>
<script src='https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js' integrity='sha384-q8i/X+965DzO0rT7abK41JStQIAqVgRVzpbzo5smXKp4YfRvH+8abtTE1Pi6jizo' crossorigin='anonymous'></script>
<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.7/umd/popper.min.js' integrity='sha384-UO2eT0CpHqdSJQ6hJty5KVphtPhzWj9WO1clHTMGa3JDZwrnQq4sF86dIHNDz0W1' crossorigin='anonymous'></script>
<script src='https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js' integrity='sha384-JjSmVgyd0p3pXB1rRibZUAYoIIy6OrQ6VrjIEaFf/nJGzIxFDsf4x0xIM+B07jRM' crossorigin='anonymous'></script>
</body>
</html>
Output: