Browser-friendly way to simulate anchor click with jQuery?

Question

I\'m trying to simulate a click on an anchor tag using jQuery. I\'ve been digging around StackOverflow and Google for a while and haven\'t found anything that works on all o

Answer 1

This should work...

$(function() {

  fireClick($("a")[0]);

});

function fireClick(elem) {
  if(typeof elem == "string") elem = document.getElementById(objID);
  if(!elem) return;

  if(document.dispatchEvent) {   // W3C
    var oEvent = document.createEvent( "MouseEvents" );
    oEvent.initMouseEvent("click", true, true, window, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, false, false, false, false, 0, elem);
    elem.dispatchEvent(oEvent);
  }
  else if(document.fireEvent) {   // IE
    elem.click();
  }    
}