simulating mouse click

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Is there a way to simulate key presses or a click with javascript?

I know it's an old and repeated question, but before replying "google it", read the question plz .

I'm trying to simulate some of user interactions with page in my chrome extension and one of them is mouse click. I can "click" on links with a proper href and move to that page (window.location etc ) but my problem is with anchors that load content via ajax, for example in facebook home page, if I want to trigger the "Top News" news feed button, in theory I should use : $(".uiHeaderActions .fwn").click(); but it doesnt do anything ... and idea ?

If there is no typo or issue elsewhere in your code, calling the click() event should work. — Shamim Hafiz - MSFT, Jan 31 '11 at 05:44

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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Maybe they hook in to a different event than click?

Check out this duplicate ticket: Is there a way to simulate key presses or a click with javascript?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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answered Jan 31 '11 at 05:46

Dawson Toth

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I'm gonna try it with facebook one, but I had the same problem with google n other sites as well, I'll see if that function works – Sina Fathieh Jan 31 '11 at 05:52
I'm going to try it too. Just wondering... are you writing a test automation extension or something? That'd be pretty cool. – Dawson Toth Jan 31 '11 at 06:00
it sorta works, I just need to modify my extension a little bit, but worked on google, so thanks ! the extension is something cool, you can record your interactions on page and later pass it to someone else to for example show them how to do something on a site, for example if u wanna teach ur friend how to use facebook chat ... and its gonna be open source ;) version beta will be out soon :) – Sina Fathieh Jan 31 '11 at 06:32
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@hakim-sina if you haven't seen Selenium, check it out. It sounds like what you are describing (for firefox). – pkaeding Jan 31 '11 at 07:07

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 31 '11 at 05:56

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Can you be more specific ? This is how I think

$().ready(function(){
    $('.uiHeaderActions fwn').click(function(){
       $(this).load('something.com');

}); });

Good luck

answered Jan 31 '11 at 05:56

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Oo .... errm, I just want to simulate physical mouse click on an element ... and yes, I have tried .click as I said in my question, but it doesnt work ... – Sina Fathieh Jan 31 '11 at 06:21

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