jQuery call click function manually

Question

I'd like to call a click function manually.

$('.back').click(function() {
    ...
});

Is it possible to give the function above a name to call it or is the only way using a trigger like this:

$('.back').trigger('click');

Musa · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-22 14:36:49Z

2

You can define you function out side of the click function

function clickFunction() {
    ...
}
$('.back').click(clickFunction);
...
clickFunction();

Of course when you call it manually there is no event object and the the function is not bound to the .back element.

answered May 22, 2020 at 14:36

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It should, show your code so we can see what's wrong

developer · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-22 14:37:02Z

2

the click() function take a function as an argument.

function myClickHandler() {
    ...
}

$('.back').click(myClickHandler);

You can call myClickHandler as a normal function too.

answered May 22, 2020 at 14:37

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