I have some strange behaviour with the jquery click event. This was my code:
$("#item").on("click",function(){
//do some stuff
$("#item2").click(); // doesn't work!
});
But the second click is not working when clicking #item. When manually clicking item2 it does work. I got it to work when doing this:
$("#item").on("click",function(){
//do some stuff
document.getElementById("item2").click(); //WORKS!
});
I also tried event.preventDefault() before the jquery click trigger but that doesn't work either.
Can somebody explain why this doesn't work with jquery?
Here is your solution:
$("#item2").trigger('click'); // use trigger function of jQuery
Have you read the documentation of JQuery? in https://api.jquery.com/click/ there explained aout onClick, and you can find why event.preventDefault doesn't work before the JQuery Trigger
For Solution :
$("#item2").trigger('click'); // Use trigger function of jQuery to Trigger
Please Read the Documentation
You cant use click() as a simple method, it must be a function, so you should trigger() the click event:
$("#item").on("click",function(){
//do some stuff
$("#item2").trigger("click");
});
$(function(){
$("#item").on("click",function(){
//do some stuff
$("#item2").trigger('click'); // Now Works !!!
});
$("#item2").on("click",function(){
//do some stuff
alert('working')
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<button id="item">item1</button><button id="item2">item1</button>
please see this fiddle.
I have added
$("#item2").trigger('click');
in your code.
Related
I have a link:
<ul id="titleee" class="gallery">
<li>
Talent
</li>
</ul>
and I am trying to trigger it by using:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#titleee').find('a').trigger('click');
});
But it doesn't work.
I've also tried: $('#titleee a').trigger('click');
Edit:
I actually need to trigger whatever get's called here <a href="#inline" rel="prettyPhoto">
If you are trying to trigger an event on the anchor, then the code you have will work I recreated your example in jsfiddle with an added eventHandler so you can see that it works:
$(document).on("click", "a", function(){
$(this).text("It works!");
});
$(document).ready(function(){
$("a").trigger("click");
});
Are you trying to cause the user to navigate to a certain point on the webpage by clicking the anchor, or are you trying to trigger events bound to it? Maybe you haven't actually bound the click event successfully to the event?
Also this:
$('#titleee').find('a').trigger('click');
is the equivalent of this:
$('#titleee a').trigger('click');
No need to call find. :)
Sorry, but the event handler is really not needed. What you do need is another element within the tag to click on.
<a id="test1" href="javascript:alert('test1')">TEST1</a>
<a id="test2" href="javascript:alert('test2')"><span>TEST2</span></a>
Jquery:
$('#test1').trigger('click'); // Nothing
$('#test2').find('span').trigger('click'); // Works
$('#test2 span').trigger('click'); // Also Works
This is all about what you are clicking and it is not the tag but the thing within it. Unfortunately, bare text does not seem to be recognised by JQuery, but it is by vanilla javascript:
document.getElementById('test1').click(); // Works!
Or by accessing the jQuery object as an array
$('#test1')[0].click(); // Works too!!!
Since this question is ranked #1 in Google for "triggering a click on an <a> element" and no answer actually mentions how you do that, this is how you do it:
$('#titleee a')[0].click();
Explanation: you trigger a click on the underlying html-element, not the jQuery-object.
You're welcome googlers :)
If you are trying to trigger an event on the anchor, then the code you have will work.
$(document).ready(function() {
$('a#titleee').trigger('click');
});
OR
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#titleee li a[href="#inline"]').click();
});
OR
$(document).ready(function() {
$('ul#titleee li a[href="#inline"]').click();
});
With the code you provided, you cannot expect anything to happen. I second #mashappslabs : first add an event handler :
$("selector").click(function() {
console.log("element was clicked"); // or alert("click");
});
then trigger your event :
$("selector").click(); //or
$("selector").trigger("click");
and you should see the message in your console.
Well you have to setup the click event first then you can trigger it and see what happens:
//good habits first let's cache our selector
var $myLink = $('#titleee').find('a');
$myLink.click(function (evt) {
evt.preventDefault();
alert($(this).attr('href'));
});
// now the manual trigger
$myLink.trigger('click');
This is the demo how to trigger event
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("input").select(function(){
$("input").after(" Text marked!");
});
$("button").click(function(){
$("input").trigger("select");
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" value="Hello World"><br><br>
<button>Trigger the select event for the input field</button>
</body>
</html>
This doesn't exactly answer your question, but will get you the same result with less headache.
I always have my click events call methods that contain all the logic I would like to execute. So that I can just call the method directly if I want to perform the action without an actual click.
For links this should work:
eval($(selector).attr('href'));
You should call the element's native .click() method or use the createEvent API.
For more info, please visit: https://learn.jquery.com/events/triggering-event-handlers/
We can do it in many ways...
CASE - 1
We can use trigger like this : $("#myID").trigger("click");
CASE - 2
We can use click() function like this : $("#myID").click();
CASE - 3
If we want to write function on programmatically click then..
$("#myID").click(function() {
console.log("Clicked");
// Do here whatever you want
});
CASE - 4
// Triggering a native browser event using the simulate plugin
$("#myID").simulate( "click" );
Also you can refer this : https://learn.jquery.com/events/triggering-event-handlers/
Shortest answer:
$('#titlee a').click();
I am trying to run this custom 'getOffer()' event using jQuery
<img src="images/img.jpeg">
I have tried the following but it doesn't seem to work (I am using the Firefox Firebug console.log window)
$('a[title="Submit for offer"]').trigger('getOffer');
This is the page I am trying this on: http://bit.ly/1dpIMFk
Can anyone suggest any ideas?
<img src="images/img.jpeg">
$(document).ready(function(){
$('a[title="Submit for offer"]').trigger('getOffer');
});
function getOffer(){
alert('link clicked');
}
Seems working fine for me.I think you didnt wrapped your event trigger in document ready.
DEMO
You can use
<img src="images/img.jpeg">
Creating an custom event on jQuery
First add some identifier (id/class) to your link
<a id="linkOffer" title="Submit for offer"><img src="images/img.jpeg"></a>
Then, create your CUSTOM event.
//The function that will to the getOffer things
function getOffer() {
//Do get offer...
}
$(document).ready(function(){
//Custom event pointing to the function
$('a#linkOffer').on('getoffer',getOffer);
//Default click event
$('a#linkOffer').on('click',function(e){
//Do click stuff.
//Trigger your custom event.
$(this).trigger('getoffer');
//If you wish to not move the page, prevent the default link click behavior (moveing to other page)
e.preventDefault();
});
});
Trigger will not function because it search click attribute in element. Work around for this can be is:
Add click attribute to the element and then call the jquery function.
<button value="yu" onclick="getOffer();"/>
<script>
$("a[title='Submit for offer']").attr("onclick",$("a[title='Submit for offer']").attr('href')); // get value from href
$("a[title='Submit for offer']").trigger('click');
function getOffer()
{
alert('j');
}
</script>
Theres a gap in my understanding that i'd liked filled;
I have a basic jQuery click function like this..
$('.cl').each(function(e)
{
alert('works');
$(this).click(function()
{
alert('no works');
});
});
My HTML is like this:
<body>
<div id='c0'>
<div class='bO cl'>Button</div>
</div>
</body>
Basic stuff.
The 'works' alert is fired ok - but with the click function nothing happens - 'no works' is not fired.
Also
$('.cl').click(function()
{
alert('help');
});
Does not work. Simple stuff i'm sure but i'm missing something.
Why is this?
One thing to make sure is that you run the event handler once the DOM and jQuery are initialized, which is by doing this:
$(function() {
$('.cl').click(function()
{
alert('help');
});
});
Also alternatively, if your cl is loaded after the fact such as by an Ajax call you can alternativley do this
$("body").on("click", ".cl", function() {
// Your code here
})
This registers the click event with the body but only gets dispatched if the actual target is of type cl.
After initialize js I create new <div> element with close class and on("click") function doesn't work.
$(document).on('click', '.post-close', function () {
alert("hello");
});
but on('hover') work perfectly.
$(document).on('hover', '.post-close', function () {
alert("hello");
});
but I need to make it work on click.
It's because you're not preventing the default behaviour of the browser. Pass e into your handler and then use e.preventDefault()
$(document).on('click', '.post-close', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
alert("hello");
});
Edit
Also, bind the handler before creating the new <div>
why not use something like
$('.post-close').click(function(){
//do something
});
If the element was added dynamically use:
$(document).on('click', '.post-close', function(){
//do something
});
edit:
like danWellman said, you can add the preventDefault IF you want to make sure no other code is executed. otherwise use the code above.
edit2:
changed the .live to .on
It's an old post but I've had a exactly same problem (element created dynamically, hover works, but click doesn't) and found solution.
I hope this post helps someone.
In my case, I found ui-selectable is used for parent element and that was preventing from click event propagate to the document.
So I added a selector of the button element to ui-selectable's 'cancel' option and problem solved.
If you have a similar probrem, check this
Try turn of libraries for parent element
You're not using stopPropagation() in parent element ?
I am new to Js and Ajax. I am calling a page through ajax (using jquery). the called page has a button. On button click, i need an alert box. But the event listner is not acting on the button click.
function setUpClickHandler() {
addEventHandler(document.getElementById('sideLink1'), "click", onsideLinkClicked1, false);
addEventHandler(document.getElementById('EnrollButtonClick11'), "click", onEnrollButtonClick11, false);
}
function onsideLinkClicked1(e) {
$('#CrousalLoad').load('crousal1.html');
}
function onEnrollButtonClick11(e) {
alert("hello");
}
crousal1.html is the loaded page and "EnrollButtonClick11" is the button id inside the page. Is there anything I am missing here. Plz add comments for any clarifications as I am struck here. Thanks in advance.. :)
if your using jQuery you can skip that in just do this.
$("#sideLink1").click(function (){
alert('hello');//you do it directly in the function
onEnrollButtonClick11(); //or call a function from here.
})
Source:
http://api.jquery.com/click/
says the same thing.
This probably happens because the button you are registering a click to with the id of EnrollButtonClick11 doesn't exist on the page at that moment. Since you are using jQuery try something like $('body').on('click', 'EnrollButtonClick11', onEnrollButtonClick11);