I have this simple code : here
$(".btn").on('click',function () {
$(".a").trigger('click');
});
$(".btn2").on('click',function () {
$(".a")[0].click();
});
I'm trying to simulate pressing on Anchor.
But when I use jQuery's trigger, it doesn't work (why?)
When I use "jsobj".click() func, it does work.
After reading the jQuery documentation, I don't see any reason why it shouldn't.
Help ?
PS: I'm using Chrome.
Actually $(".a").trigger('click'); triggers the click event but it doesn't mean that it'll click the link, instead it'll execute the event handler if you already have one, i.e.
$(".btn, .btn2").on('click',function () {
$($(".a")[0]).trigger('click'); // first element
});
$(".a").on('click', function (e){
alert(e.target);
});
The given example will trigger the click event of the a and will execute the handler (the anonymous function) that's already have been registered for that event using
$(".a").on('click', function (e){...});
handler defined to trigger a click event then both way you can trigger the event, i.e. $(".a").trigger('click'); or $($(".a")[0]).click(); but you have to have a click handler for that.because $(".a")[0] return raw JavaScript node you cannot use jQuery object methods for that.
This is because JQuery's .trigger() doesn't really trigger the native events. Try this for example in your script:
$(".btn").on('click',function () {
$(".a").trigger('click');
});
$(".a").click(function(){alert('triggered!')});
When you create a costume handler using JQuery, THEN the event will be triggered with the .trigger() method.
Update: This is quite interesting, seems to happen only with <a> tags AND with href. Check this out
