the trigger event isn't working

Question

I have an href that I want to be clicked automatically on page load. This is the HTML:

<a href="http://www.google.com" id="foo">YahOO</a>

and this is the script part:

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function() {
        $("#foo").trigger('click');
    });
</script>

But when I load the page nothing happens. Am I using the wrong ajax lib or what is wrong with this code?

Also dupe of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5811122/how-to-trigger-a-click-on-a-link-using-jquery — Roko C. Buljan, Oct 12 '15 at 14:50
it's still not working..i saw that response but it's not working for me... — Rares Biris, Oct 12 '15 at 14:56
and i want to activate the href when the page loads not when I click something.. — Rares Biris, Oct 12 '15 at 15:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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You need to use jQuery('#foo')[0].click(); to simulate a mouse click on the actual DOM element (not the jQuery object), instead of using the .trigger() jQuery method.

Note: DOM Level 2 .click() doesn't work on some elements in Safari. You will need to use a workaround.

http://api.jquery.com/click/

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edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Oct 12 '15 at 14:49

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... and why not use redirection? What sense does it make to click a link outside of testing purposes? – chris polzer Oct 12 '15 at 14:50
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@chrispolzer probably OP is just experimenting for later delegating/duplicate-nesting the click to an image or other elements. There's lots of use-cases. – Roko C. Buljan Oct 12 '15 at 14:51

the trigger event isn't working

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