Use Firebug command line to force click

Question

I'm trying to use Firebug's command line to force a click event. This is as far as I've got and it's not very far.

document.getElementsByClassName('this_button').click();

Is is it possible to do what I want?

Thank you!

Already answered here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/143747/is-it-possible-to-trigger-a-links-or-any-elements-click-event-through-javasc — Polynomial, Nov 07 '11 at 21:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 05 '13 at 23:42

I wonder why no one provided a solution so far. What you are searching for is this:

function simulateClick(element) {
  var evt = document.createEvent("MouseEvents");
  evt.initMouseEvent("click", true, true, window,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null);
  element.dispatchEvent(evt);
}

For more info see document.createEvent.

I didn't try it in other browsers, but at least it work for me in Firefox 18.0.1.

Use Firebug command line to force click

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