Definitive way to trigger keypress events with jQuery

Question

I\'ve read all the answers on to this questions and none of the solutions seem to work.

Also, I am getting the vibe that triggering keypress with special characters

Answer 1

Slightly more concise now with jQuery 1.6+:

var e = jQuery.Event( 'keydown', { which: $.ui.keyCode.ENTER } );

$('input').trigger(e);

(If you're not using jQuery UI, sub in the appropriate keycode instead.)