Simulate mouse click on a focused TextBox

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Is this possible? I have a button with onClick() Method. If i click the Button i want to simulate a mouse click event inside a TextBox. With Focus() i can focus inside the TextBox but how to simulate left mouse click?

EDIT I have an AutoCompleteExtender that should show a list of names in a certain TextBox after the user clicks a Button. The TextBox can work both:the user writes a character and the list appears or he clicks the button and a whole list appears.

EDIT I have used AjaxControlToolkit and from my experience i have to click on the TextBox if i want the list to appear even though i have a focis on the TextBox and MinimumPrefixLength=0

what exactly do you want? as it looks like you are creating a bigger problem than it should. — Pedro.The.Kid, Oct 16 '13 at 12:19
Do you have an event handler for the mouse click and you just want to run the contents of that handler? — Mike Perrenoud, Oct 16 '13 at 12:20
I hope you will get what you looking for if you refer this [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6157929/how-to-simulate-mouse-click-using-javascript — Ebenezar John Paul, Oct 16 '13 at 12:21
In C# you need reflection http://forums.asp.net/t/1046550.aspx — MrFox, Oct 16 '13 at 12:28
You are getting many -1s because your question is very unclear. What are you trying to do? I can only guess by the tags this is a website, do you want to use Javascript to achieve onClick or asp.net webforms event? Do you need the method to run on the clientside or serverside, etc... — RealityDysfunction, Oct 16 '13 at 20:02

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 16 '13 at 12:21

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Create a "logic" method where you do your work. When the user clicks on the TextBox, call your logic method. When you want to simulate a click, call your logic method also.

// Attach to the event
myTextBox.Click += new EventHandler(myTextBox_Click);
// Simulate a "click" event
MyLogic();

protected void myTextBox_Click(object o, EventArgs e) {
    MyLogic();
}

private void MyLogic() {
    // Do work
}

answered Oct 16 '13 at 12:21

CodingIntrigue

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Spot on with that advice. +1 well deserved. Only point I'd suggest is move MyLogic to anotehr class so it can be independently unit tested. – David Arno Oct 16 '13 at 12:22

Simulate mouse click on a focused TextBox

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