SVG - click is not a function

Question

I have an element like this.

Answer 1

click() is a function that's only defined on HTML elements. Fortunately it's a convenience function and we can implement it ourselves pretty easily i.e.

document.getElementById('box_w').dispatchEvent(new Event('click'));

That's all the click() function does underneath the hood anyway.

Here's an example:

document.getElementById('box_w').dispatchEvent(new Event('click'));