Simple analytics event tracking

analytics-event.js

/*
Add a data attr of event to a tag and push to analytics
@req : jquery

*/

<a href="http://google.com" class="btn" data-event="footer-action">Download Now</a>

<script type="text/javascript">
  
$('a').on('click', function(event){
  
  event.preventDefault();
  var href = $(this).attr("href"),
      target = $(this).attr("target"), 
      eventData = $(this).attr('data-event');
  
  // if we want to track event push the data
  if(eventData){
      ga('send', 'event', {
          eventCategory: eventData,
          eventAction: 'click',
          eventLabel: href
      });
  }
  
  // wait for data to push and then open link
  setTimeout(function() { // now wait 150 milliseconds...
      window.open(href,(!target?"_self":target)); // ...and open the link as usual
  },150);
  
});  
</script>