how to make div click-able?

Question

<div><span>shanghai</span><span>male</span></div>

For div like above,when mouse on,it should become cursor:pointer,and when clicked,fire a

javascript function,how to do that job?

EDIT: and how to change the background color of div when mouse is on?

EDIT AGAIN:how to make the first span's width=120px?Seems not working in firefox

Answer 1

I suggest to use a CSS class called clickbox and activate it with jQuery:

$(".clickbox").click(function(){
     window.location=$(this).find("a").attr("href"); 
     return false;
 });

Now the only thing you have to do is mark your div as clickable and provide a link:

<div id="logo" class="clickbox"><a href="index.php"></a></div>

Plus a CSS style to change the mouse cursor:

.clickbox {
    cursor: pointer;
}

Easy, isn't it?

Answer 2

<div style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="theFunction()" onmouseover="this.style.background='red'" onmouseout="this.style.background=''" ><span>shanghai</span><span>male</span></div>

This will change the background color as well

Answer 3

As you updated your question, here's an obtrustive example:

window.onload = function()
{
    var div = document.getElementById("mydiv");

    div.style.cursor = 'pointer';
    div.onmouseover = function()
    {
        div.style.background = "#ff00ff";
    };
}