Jquery simulate a click on

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I need to simulate a click on a button using jquery.

Regular Javascript MouseEvents (mousedown and mouseup) do work, but I want jquery.

I have the div in a jquery object: (just a reference)

it was defined like

var $button = $(document.getElementById("iframe")...);

$button -> <div id="1" class="2" role = "button"><b>Action</b></div>

I've tried with $button.click() and $button.trigger('click') but both don't work.

I've read this, but provides no answer to this question.

Can you post more code? $('#foo').trigger('click'); should work... — Giovanni B, Aug 01 '12 at 18:06
Now, I'm assuming that your $button was defined earlier as var $button = $('button'), correct? In that case you trigger a click just like you tried with the trigger, or simply $('button').click(); — hndcrftd, Aug 01 '12 at 18:09
No it was not like this, it took a division of an existing HTML page, that performs an action outside of my script. — jacktrades, Aug 01 '12 at 18:30

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '12 at 18:12

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Try this:

var e = document.createEvent("MouseEvents");
e.initMouseEvent("click", true, true, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null);
$button[0].dispatchEvent(e);

answered Aug 01 '12 at 18:12

Esailija

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jQuery doesn't fire events attached with dom2 methods, sorry. It only fires its own events. And accidentally click/submit dom0 events in some cases as a result of calling the `.click()/.submit()` method on native dom elements where they exist. – Esailija Aug 01 '12 at 18:16
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I think that's the sad answer – jacktrades Aug 01 '12 at 18:16

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