[removed] simulate a click on a link

Question

I have a link that has a listener attached to it (I\'m using YUI):

YAHOO.util.Event.on(Element, \'click\', function(){ /* some functionality */});
         


        

Answer 1

1) FIRST SOLUTION

The article http://mattsnider.com/simulating-events-using-yui/ describes how to simulate a click using YAHOO:

var simulateClickEvent = function(elem) {
    var node = YAHOO.util.Dom.get(elem);

    while (node && window !== node) {
        var listeners = YAHOO.util.Event.getListeners(node, 'click');

        if (listeners && listeners.length) {
            listeners.batch(function(o) {
                o.fn.call(o.adjust ? o.scope : this, {target: node}, o.obj);
            });
        }

        node = node.parentNode;
    }
};

As you can see, the function loops over the node and its parents and for each of them gets the list of listeners and calls them.

2) SECOND SOLUTION

There is also another way to do it. For example:

var elem = YAHOO.util.Dom.get("id-of-the-element");
elem.fireEvent("click", {});

where function is used as

3) THIRD SOLUTION

Version 2.9 of YUI2 has a better solution: http://yui.github.io/yui2/docs/yui_2.9.0_full/docs/YAHOO.util.UserAction.html

4) FORTH SOLUTION

YUI3 has also a better and clean solution: http://yuilibrary.com/yui/docs/event/simulate.html