Javascript : click() on link doesn't click the link and shows undefined

Question

I have link with below properties (class and title only) on my webpage :

<li class="wux-layouts-treeview-label" title="Shared with me">Shared with me</li>

I am trying below code for link in Javascript:

var a = document.getElementsByClassName("wux-layouts-treeview-label")[2];
a.click()

result shows undefined.

also when I checked events available for this link with the code :

getEventListeners(a), it shows blank {}

Please help me to click on this link.

Possible duplicate of [How can I trigger a JavaScript event click](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2381572/how-can-i-trigger-a-javascript-event-click) — 31piy, Jul 18 '18 at 05:55
Add `console.log(a)` and check to make sure it returns an element. Can you show us some more of your code as well? — Lachlan Walls, Jul 18 '18 at 06:04
Have you added an event listener to that element? If so, what should run when it is clicked? — Lachlan Walls, Jul 18 '18 at 06:09
Yes i tried to add the "click" event using the code a.addEventListener("click",function(e){e.preventDefualt();console.log('clicked')}). Correct me in case. — Gitanjali, Jul 18 '18 at 06:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 18 '18 at 06:05

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Try below code

var a = document.getElementsByClassName("wux-layouts-treeview-label");
for (var i=0; i < a.length; i++) {
    a[i].onclick = function(){
        alert("Finaly!");
    }
    }

answered Jul 18 '18 at 06:05

Pramod

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What is this supposed to do? Obviously it adds listeners to all the elements, but why would OP want that? – Lachlan Walls Jul 18 '18 at 06:06

Javascript : click() on link doesn't click the link and shows undefined

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