Emulate clicking a link with Javascript that works with IE

Question

I want to have java script clicking a link on the page..I found something on the net that suggests adding a function like this:

function fireEvent(obj,evt){
         


        

Answer 1

This didn't work for me at first and then I saw the code is missing a parameter for the IE portion. Here's an update that should work:

function fireEvent(obj, evt) {
    var fireOnThis = obj;

    if (document.createEvent) {
        // alert("FF");
        var evtObj = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
        evtObj.initEvent(evt, true, false);
        fireOnThis.dispatchEvent(evtObj);
    } 

    else if (document.createEventObject) {
        // alert("IE");
        var evtObj = document.createEventObject();
        fireOnThis.fireEvent('on'+evt, evtObj);
    }
}