Simulating a click in jQuery/JavaScript on a link

Question

I want to simulate a click on any link on a page using JavaScript. If that link has some function binded to its \'onclick\' event (by any other JS I don\'t have any control

Answer 1

Try this

function submitRequest(buttonId) {
    if (document.getElementById(buttonId) == null
            || document.getElementById(buttonId) == undefined) {
        return;
    }
    if (document.getElementById(buttonId).dispatchEvent) {
        var e = document.createEvent("MouseEvents");
        e.initEvent("click", true, true);
        document.getElementById(buttonId).dispatchEvent(e);
    } else {
        document.getElementById(buttonId).click();
    }
}

and you can use it like

submitRequest("target-element-id");