Is there anyway to fire an element's onClick event manually with inspect element?

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There is a button on an website which used to be clickable,however it is currently not, but it's onClick event is still intact. Is it possible to trigger this event?

This should point you in the right direction: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2381572/how-can-i-trigger-a-javascript-event-click — Lisa, Aug 03 '22 at 08:14
Does this answer your question? [How can I trigger a JavaScript event click](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2381572/how-can-i-trigger-a-javascript-event-click) — Lisa, Aug 03 '22 at 08:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 03 '22 at 08:15

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In the console, select the button and use dispatchEvent() like this:

document.querySelector('.property.change').dispatchEvent(new Event('click'))

answered Aug 03 '22 at 08:15

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '22 at 08:19

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You can right-click the element, click use in console, and add a .click() after the variable it should have auto-filled.

answered Aug 03 '22 at 08:19

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Thank you for your answer. This seems to be the correct method, as I tested it with the other buttons in the site, but it seems that this specific function must read something from remote server and therefore it has been disabled from there. – Jack Daniels Aug 03 '22 at 10:30

Is there anyway to fire an element's onClick event manually with inspect element?

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