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Here's what I'm trying to do :

I have a page with some links. Most links have a function attached to them on the onclick event.

Now, I want to set a css class to some links and then whenever one of the links is clicked I want to execute a certain function - after it returns , I want the link to execute the onclick functions that were attached to it.

Is there a way to do what I want ? I'm using jQuery if it makes a difference.

Here's an attempt at an example :

$("#link").click(function1); $("#link").click(function2); $("#link").click(function(){ firstFunctionToBeCalled(function (){ // ok, now execute function1 and function2 }); }); // somehow this needs to be the first one that is called function firstFunctionToBeCalled(callback){ // here some user input is expected so function1 and function2 must not get called callback(); }

All this is because I'm asked to put some confirmation boxes (using boxy) for a lot of buttons and I really don't want to be going through every button.

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If I understand you correctly, is this wat you wanted to do..

var originalEvent = page.onclick; //your actual onclick method page.onclick = handleinLocal; //overrides this with your locaMethod function handleinLocal() { ...your code... originalEvent (); // invoke original handler }
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I would use jQuery's unbind to remove any existing events, then bind a function that will orchestrate the events I want in the order I want them.

Both bind and unbind are in the jQuery docs on jquery.com and work like this...

$(".myClass").unbind("click"); // removes all clicks - you can also pass a specific function to unbind $(".myClass").click(function() { myFunctionA(); myFunctionB($(this).html()); // example of obtaining something related to the referrer });
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What about the onclick function that was attached to the element?
Exactly, the thing is that every link has a different method/methods - and the mechanism needs to be generic - so I can apply it to any element.
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An ugly hack will be to use the mousedown or mouseup events. These will be called before the click event.

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Yes, but when that gets clicked, I need to execute a function and on that functions callback - continue to run all it's click attached functions.
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If you can add your event handler before the rest of handlers, you could try to use jQuery's stopImmediatePropagation

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