jQuery - manually trigger link inside of a
that gets clicked on

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How can I simulate an anchor click via jquery?

For some reason I thought this would be really easy. Here's my code:

$('#someDamnedDiv').live('click', function () {
    $('a', this).trigger('click');
});

What the Sam Hill is wrong with my function?

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

7

I don't think it's possible to simulate a click on a link. Look here. However, you could do this:

$('#someDamnedDiv').live('click', function (event) {
    window.location = $(this).find('a').attr('href');
    event.preventDefault();
});

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Oct 28 '10 at 23:04

cambraca

seems like one of the answers to that question actually does show a cross-browser way to do this! See the answer referencing Selenium... – Ryley Oct 28 '10 at 23:09
@Ryley well that looks promising! but I'm not gonna test it in every browser right now :) – cambraca Oct 28 '10 at 23:12
There's another question about this subject [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1421584/how-can-i-simulate-a-click-to-an-anchor-tag) – cambraca Oct 28 '10 at 23:14
This one does the trick. Thanks. – asfsadf Oct 28 '10 at 23:40

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 28 '10 at 23:21

4

this is what i use for one of my projects:

$('div.classname').click(function(e){
    if($(e.target).is('a')) return;
    $(this).find('a').click();
});

answered Oct 28 '10 at 23:21

code90

Just what I was needing so that hrefs inside of clickable divs are still active. Thanks! – Torre Lasley Apr 21 '17 at 09:54

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