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

At first see this question to see how you can find if a link has a jQuery handler assigned to it.

Next use:

$("a").attr("onclick")

to see if there is a javascript event assigned to it.

If any of the above is true, then call the click method. If not, get the link:

$("a").attr("href")

and follow it.

I am afraid I don't know what to do if addEventListener is used to add an event handler. If you are in charge of the full page source, use only jQuery event handlers.