How to simulate anchor link click

Question

I\'m trying to trigger a link click for .jquery. Does someone know why the following doesn\'t work.

Answer 1

Looks like your $("google_link_proxy") selector is off. Try $("#google_link_proxy").

You also need to close the observe call with }).

Those are the syntax errors with the code above though I don't think those functions are provided in jQuery by default.

Here is what I think you're after:

$("#google_link_proxy").click(function(event){
    window.open($("#google_link").attr('href'),'_blank')
});