Javascript (NOT jQuery) ..calling the OnClick event of an anchor

Question

I have an anchor somewhere and need to call it's onclick event programmatically from JavaScript. The site does not have jQuery.

The solution needs to be "cross-browser"

I tried:

document.getElementById('anchorID').onclick();

or

document.getElementById('anchorID').click();

but nothing gets fired.

Possible duplication of: http://stackoverflow.com/q/2490825/1370576 — Noah Freitas, May 16 '12 at 19:09
Since it's an ASP.NET page can't you just use code behind to handle the onClick() event? — ChadNC, May 16 '12 at 19:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '12 at 19:03

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you can try raiseEvent, but I am not sure if it is cross-browser.

answered May 16 '12 at 19:03

bart s

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