Javascript click() return undefined

Question

I try to simulate click on a link with javascript

here is the code:

document.getElementsByClassName('link-a')[2].click();

When i try this

document.getElementsByClassName('link-a')[2];

I have the link that ai want to simulate a click but when i add the click() function it's return undefined and there is no click at all...

can you help me please?

Thank you for your help

Your browser support getElementByClassName ? : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/document.getElementsByClassName — d.danailov, Jul 10 '13 at 14:23
With pure javascript i don´t think this works, you have to something mentioned [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2705583/simulate-click-javascript). Or just use jQuery. — luk2302, Jul 10 '13 at 14:23
[Your example works fine for me](http://jsfiddle.net/Ta6nH/) — musefan, Jul 10 '13 at 14:27
Please show an example with some HTML. The `click()` method is supposed to return undefined so that's not out of the ordinary. Also, see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement.click — Eddie Flores, Jul 10 '13 at 14:31

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 10 '13 at 14:33

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so

document.getElementsByClassName('link-a')[2];

gives you back an HTML element.

and you can call "click()" on it, because click is a method it provides.

click does return undefined (as expected)

answered Jul 10 '13 at 14:33

Zo72

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