How to run a callback function on a jQuery trigger(“click”)?

Question

I need to trigger a custom event in the callback of a trigger call, but I can\'t get it to work.

I tried this:

var $input = $( \".ui-pop         


        

Answer 1

You need to use bind or on to add callbacks. In your case it should look like this:

var $input = $( ".ui-popup-container" ).find( "input" ).eq(2);

function runtests () {
    console.log("clicked the input");
};

$input.bind('click', runtests);

Even shorter version for binding click is $input.click(runtests)

Then it will be called on click or you can trigger it manually with $input.trigger('click') or simply $input.click().