I've gotten the onclick event to fire using .click(), but only testing using an alert("clicked").
I don't mind kludging it this way... what can i put in the onClick of the <a> tag to make it... click? $("#goog").trigger("click"); http://google.com Link to google click() and this.click() don't work... ________ SEAN O Jonathan Sharp wrote: > > Hey Sean, > > The problem you're experiencing is that you can't trigger (no browser > support) the default link action via javascript. .click() will trigger the > "onclick" event but not the default you're expecting. > > Cheers, > -Jonathan > > > On 1/5/07, Sean O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Hey Chris, >> >> >> Tried replacing $(function() { with $(document).ready(function(){, but >> both >> have same effect (no clicky). >> It's that user mouse-clicking (or any other way to simulate the >> activation >> of that tag) that I'm after. >> >> >> ________ >> SEAN O >> >> >> >> Christopher Jordan-2 wrote: >> > >> > Have you tried $(document).ready(function(){ >> > // put the code to display your image here >> > }); >> > >> > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but .click() is specifically tied to >> > the user clicking the mouse button. >> > >> > I think the document ready code above is the sort of thing you're >> > looking for. >> > >> > Hope this helps! >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Chris >> > >> > Sean O wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> >> >> I'm trying to simulate a click of a link on my page. (to open a jpg in >> >> greybox on page load) >> >> How do I do it? >> >> >> >> I tried click(), but it doesn't seem to do anything. >> >> >> >> $(function() { >> >> $("#imglink").css("background","yellow").click(); >> >> }); >> >> >> >> myimg.jpg My >> >> Image >> >> >> >> The background changes (for testing), but the click event is not >> >> triggered. >> >> Tips? >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> ________ >> >> SEAN O >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > http://www.cjordan.info >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > jQuery mailing list >> > discuss@jquery.com >> > http://jquery.com/discuss/ >> > >> > >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Any-way-to-trigger-a-click-by-script--tf2926200.html#a8180780 >> Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> jQuery mailing list >> discuss@jquery.com >> http://jquery.com/discuss/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Any-way-to-trigger-a-click-by-script--tf2926200.html#a8185338 Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/