trigger click event with css selector in prototype

Question

I am new in Prototype js. I have an element like this,

<li id="toolbar-save" class="button">
  <a class="toolbar"  href="www.mydomain.com/register">
     Save &amp; Close
  </a>
</li>

I have a selector for the anchor tag, $$('#toolbar-save a'). By using this selector how can I trigger the click event ? or any other way you can suggest ? thanks in advance.

@pXL that's not working getting error $$(...).click is not a function — Nisam
– Nisam, Commented Jun 13, 2013 at 21:43
Are you trying to do this with Prototype or jQuery? (Why the 'jquery' tag?) — nnnnnn
– nnnnnn, Commented Jun 13, 2013 at 21:44

adeneo · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-13 22:07:02Z

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$$('#toolbar-save a')[0].click();

FIDDLE

edited Jun 13, 2013 at 22:07

answered Jun 13, 2013 at 21:43

adeneo

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adeneo Over a year ago

Edited the answer, and added a fiddle. Using $$ to select elements returns an array, so you either have to select the first element in the collection (or whichever you'd like) or iterate.

Nisam Over a year ago

fire and simulate is getting the same error, working fine with $$('#toolbar-save a')[0].click()

adeneo Over a year ago

@Nisam - you're right, I stopped testing when I got the selector right, but was sure simulate() would work, but it did'nt. click() does however work when you get the right element.

Eugene Zubkov Over a year ago

If you need get element by id method $('toolbar-save a') return one object in prototype by id without # Method $$('#toolbar-save a') get array of elements with selector $$('#toolbar-save a')[0] retrieve first element in array, this way mostly use when need get elements by class or tagname

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