Step 4: Setting Click Tracking Dynamically

Once click tracking is turned off by default, you have two options. The first is to simply keep it off — however, we strongly recommend against this.

Similar to session tracking, a better option is to toggle click tracking dynamically based on whether the user has consented to it. The mechanism to do this will change based on how you are integrating.

Search HH Theme Integrations

Use the runtimeConfig to turn on click tracking.

If you are using the JS Snippet option, call:

AnswersExperienceFrame.runtimeConfig.set("analyticsEventsEnabled", true)

If you are using a subdomain, call:

AnswersExperience.runtimeConfig.set("analyticsEventsEnabled", true)

Search UI SDK Integrations

Use the ANSWERS.setAnalyticsOptIn hook:

ANSWERS.setAnalyticsOptIn(true)

Examples

Here is an example of how you might accomplish this with a simple HTML checkbox. This can be extended to integrate with any cookie consent management system.

<label>
  <input
    type="checkbox"
    onChange="ANSWERS.setAnalyticsOptIn(this.checked);"
  />
  I consent to the cookie policy.
</label>

In this example, when the user checks the check box, it calls the ANSWERS.setAnalyticsOptIn hook to update analyticsEventsEnabled. It passes true if the box is checked, and false if it’s not. In turn, this stops any clicks from being recorded.

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