Trigger OnClick in anchor tag

Question

How can i use trigger() in jquery to emulate onclick attribute of a anchor tag:

<a id="anc" href="#" onclick="someFunction()"> some text </a>

here if i use

$("anc").trigger('click');

its not working

Read this for a better perspective http://stackoverflow.com/questions/773639/how-can-i-simulate-an-anchor-click-via-jquery — Ashwin Krishnamurthy, May 21 '11 at 07:01

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered May 21 '11 at 07:01

10

you need to correctly reference the id "anc" in the jQuery selector with a #:

$("#anc").trigger('click');

answered May 21 '11 at 07:01

pthurlow

damn forgot ! working overtime ! all sorts of things going wrong ! thank you :) – GoodSp33d May 21 '11 at 07:04

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '11 at 07:01

3

you need to use # for id

$("#anc").click(function() {
    return false // this will kill the default behaviour and your page won't jump
});

answered May 21 '11 at 07:01

kobe

Kanishka Panamaldeniya · Answer 3 · 2011-05-21T13:12:34.243

0

when using an id you can use ('#idname').trigger('click') , when using a class you can use ('.classname').trigger)('click')

edited May 21 '11 at 13:12

answered May 21 '11 at 07:52

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