In JavaScript can I make a “click” event fire programmatically for a file input element?

Question

I\'d like to make a click event fire on an tag programmatically.

Just calling click() doesn\'t seem to do anything or at lea

Answer 1

JS Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/eyedean/1bw357kw/

popFileSelector = function() {
    var el = document.getElementById("fileElem");
    if (el) {
        el.click();  
    }
};

window.popRightAway = function() {
    document.getElementById('log').innerHTML += 'I am right away!
';
    popFileSelector();
};

window.popWithDelay = function() {
    document.getElementById('log').innerHTML += 'I am gonna delay!
';
    window.setTimeout(function() {
        document.getElementById('log').innerHTML += 'I was delayed!
';
        popFileSelector();
    }, 1000);
};

  

      
  
  Pop Now
    

  Pop With 1 Second Delay
    
Log: