How do I click on an HTML element with Javascript?

Asked Feb 22 '22 at 21:50

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I was attempting to click on an element of a webpage that looked something like this:

<div class="a_class">
   <a id="an_id" class="class2">
      <span>Text</span>
   </a>
</div>

I already tried using document.getElementById("an_id").click(); and it returns telling me it is undefined. Any ideas as to what's going wrong?

asked Feb 22 '22 at 21:50

Evan M

If it says that `document.getElementById("an_id")` is undefined then it means that it's not finding the element. Are you executing the code after the DOM is loaded? – Christian Vincenzo Traina Feb 22 '22 at 21:52
use the javascript event onClick. You can place it in any tag. – Ricardo de Paula Feb 22 '22 at 21:52

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