How to trigger click event of button after period of time in javascript

Question

I tried to trigger click event of button after 3 mins using below javascript code

setTimeout(function(){$(‘._my_save_button’).trigger(‘click’)},180000);

Above code throws error when we run in chrome console

Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token

`setTimeout(function(){$('_my_save_button').trigger('click')},180000);` .............. `‘_my_save_button’` => `'_my_save_button'` — Pranav C Balan, Mar 13 '19 at 15:59
Your single quotes are 'weird'. Try using normal single (or double) quotes: `'` or `"`. Also, your `_my_save_button` is really nothing. If it's the id of the button, you should add the prefix `#` to that. — ZiNNED, Mar 13 '19 at 15:59
does your button have the class or id `_my_save_button`? if it is the class, prepend it with a `.`, if id, prepend with `#`. — Matthew Varga, Mar 13 '19 at 16:00
Looks like dublicate of https://stackoverflow.com/q/7188145/8623919 — Bijay Yadav, Mar 13 '19 at 16:06

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 20 '22 at 18:47

6

We need to fix the quotes around your identifier.

setTimeout(function() {
    $('._my_save_button').trigger('click');
}, 3000);

edited Feb 20 '22 at 18:47

Jadeye

answered Mar 13 '19 at 16:06

Avanthika

I suggest you to always use double quotes. I have seen many systems/PC with a different single quote. – Kalesh Kaladharan Mar 13 '19 at 16:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 13 '19 at 16:41

0

I think you are only missing the right css selector.

should be "#_my_save_button" in case of id="_my_save_button" or "._my_save_button" in case of class="_my_save_button":

setTimeout(function(){$("#_my_save_button").trigger("click")},180000);

edited Mar 13 '19 at 16:41

theUtherSide

answered Mar 13 '19 at 16:06

stefanomarano

2 Answers2