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

I tested this in Chrome and Firefox but don't have an IE handy. This should work transparently in most scenarios.

$('a').live('click.simclick', function(event){
    var $a = $(event.target)
    setTimeout(function(){
        if (event.isPropagationStopped())
            return

        $('
')
            .attr({
                method: 'get',
                target: $a.attr('target'),
                action: $a.attr('href')
            })
            .appendTo(document.body)
            .submit()

             // clean up in case location didn't change
            .remove()
    }, 0)
})

// test it
$('a').eq(0).click()