# dhtmlxmenu:event_onclick_ontouch [DHX documentation]

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## onClick and onTouch Events

- onClick - occurs when the user clicks the left mouse button on an enabled, not complex menu item;
- onTouch - occurs when the user first hovers over any menu item by a mouse cursor (is not applicable for the contextual menu).

These events call user-defined handlers (if there are any) and pass the following parameters:

- id - id of the clicked/hovered menu item;
- zoneId (only for onClick event in case of a Contextual Menu) - id of the contextual menu zone;
- casState(only for onClick event) - whether the key “Ctrl”, “Alt”, or “Shift” was pressed with click or not.

            menu.attachEvent("onClick", function(id, zoneId, casState){});
            menu.attachEvent("onTouch", function(id){});

Now let's attach an event handler for onClick event:

            menu.attachEvent("onClick", function(id, zoneId, casState){
                alert("element "+id+" was clicked");
                //  ctrl
                if (casState["ctrl"] == true) {
                        // ctrl key was pressed with click
                } else {
                        // ctrl key was not pressed with click
                }
                // alt
                if (casState["alt"] == true) {
                        // alt key was pressed with click
                } else {
                        // alt key was not pressed with click
                }
                // shift
                if (casState["shift"] == true) {
                        // shift key was pressed with click
                } else {
                        // shift key was not pressed with click
                }
            });