Opening new window/tab without using `window.open` or `[removed].href`

Question

I want to generate a link that is clicked right after creating, but nothing happens

Code:

var link = $("");
link.attr(&quo         


        

Answer 1

var link = $("");
link.attr("href", "/dostuff.php");
link.attr("target", "_blank");
$("body").append(link);
$("linky").live("click", function() {alert("hai"); $(this).remove()});
$("linky").click();
//$("linky").remove();

So you actually react on the click event. And YES! The question is why would you want to do this?