Question

JavaScript causing issues

Guys, I’ve been experiencing an issue where my function has been constantly executing without actually.

Here is my JavaScript code

<script>
    //Constants
    const testInput    = document.querySelector('[name=test]');

    //EventListeners
    testInput.addEventListener('click', ExecuteReload());

   //Functions
   function ExecuteReload(){
       location.reload;
   }

Please help me out, I’m at a lost, I don’t know what’s going on.

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KFSys
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• February 11, 2020
Accepted Answer

Hi @brendRos,

The error is quite common and it’s not actually an error, it’s how JavaScript works.

Turn your attention to your Event Listeners:

    //EventListeners
    testInput.addEventListener('click', ExecuteReload());

You need to make ExecuteReload() be like ExecuteReload. If you leave the () it will keep calling the function without it actually being called.

One other thing unless this is an example, you don’t need to actually have another function in your Event Listener just for reloading the window.

Here is how I would’ve done it

    testInput.addEventListener('click', location.reload);

Regards, KDSys

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