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Triggered click don't work propertly [duplicate]

I'm having a hard time understand how to simulate a mouse click using JQuery. Can someone please inform me as to what i'm doing wrong.
HTML:
<a id="bar" href="http://stackoverflow.com" target="_blank">Don't click me!</a>
<span id="foo">Click me!</span>
jQuery:
jQuery('#foo').on('click', function(){
jQuery('#bar').trigger('click');
});
Demo: FIDDLE
when I click on button #foo I want to simulate a click on #bar however when I attempt this, nothing happens. I also tried jQuery(document).ready(function(){...}) but without success.

You need to use jQuery('#bar')[0].click(); to simulate a mouse click on the actual DOM element (not the jQuery object), instead of using the .trigger() jQuery method.
Note: DOM Level 2 .click() doesn't work on some elements in Safari. You will need to use a workaround.
http://api.jquery.com/click/

You just need to put a small timeout event before doing .click()
like this :
setTimeout(function(){ $('#btn').click()}, 100);

This is JQuery behavior. I'm not sure why it works this way, it only triggers the onClick function on the link.
Try:
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
jQuery('#foo').on('click', function() {
jQuery('#bar')[0].click();
});
});

See my demo: http://jsfiddle.net/8AVau/1/
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
jQuery('#foo').on('click', function(){
jQuery('#bar').simulateClick('click');
});
});
jQuery.fn.simulateClick = function() {
return this.each(function() {
if('createEvent' in document) {
var doc = this.ownerDocument,
evt = doc.createEvent('MouseEvents');
evt.initMouseEvent('click', true, true, doc.defaultView, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null);
this.dispatchEvent(evt);
} else {
this.click(); // IE Boss!
}
});
}

May be useful:
The code that calls the Trigger should go after the event is called.
For example, I have some code that I want to be executed when #expense_tickets value is changed, and also, when page is reload
$(function() {
$("#expense_tickets").change(function() {
// code that I want to be executed when #expense_tickets value is changed, and also, when page is reload
});
// now we trigger the change event
$("#expense_tickets").trigger("change");
})

jQuery's .trigger('click'); will only cause an event to trigger on this event, it will not trigger the default browser action as well.
You can simulate the same functionality with the following JavaScript:
jQuery('#foo').on('click', function(){
var bar = jQuery('#bar');
var href = bar.attr('href');
if(bar.attr("target") === "_blank")
{
window.open(href);
}else{
window.location = href;
}
});

Try this that works for me:
$('#bar').mousedown();

Technically not an answer to this, but a good use of the accepted answer (https://stackoverflow.com/a/20928975/82028) to create next and prev buttons for the tabs on jQuery ACF fields:
$('.next').click(function () {
$('#primary li.active').next().find('.acf-tab-button')[0].click();
});
$('.prev').click(function () {
$('#primary li.active').prev().find('.acf-tab-button')[0].click();
});

I have tried top two answers, it doesn't worked for me until I removed "display:none" from my file input elements.
Then I reverted back to .trigger() it also worked at safari for windows.
So conclusion, Don't use display:none; to hide your file input , you may use opacity:0 instead.

Just use this:
$(function() {
$('#watchButton').trigger('click');
});

You can't simulate a click event with javascript.
jQuery .trigger() function only fires an event named "click" on the element, which you can capture with .on() jQuery method.

TinyMCE - window.blur function firing on editor focus

I have a window.blur function as follows
$(window).blur(function(){
_doing_something_wrong.resume();
$('#_put_an_eye_on_users_activity_modal').modal({show : true, keyboard: false,backdrop: 'static'});
});
and TinyMCE init as follows
tinymce.init({
selector:'._editor_statement_question',
setup: function (_editor) {
_editor.on("focus", function () {
$(this.contentAreaContainer.parentElement).find("div.mce-toolbar-grp").show();
});
}
});
but whenever I am trying to type some content in editor ( _editor.on('focus',function(){} ) the window.blur function is firing, I mean the modal is showing up,
How can I avoid this only for editor focus,
I tried unbinding the blur function, but need a simple and clean solution, some hints please
TinyMCE vesrion - 4.x
thanks

I figured it out, Its because of the TinyMCE Iframe, So I managed my blur function as follows
$(window).blur(function(){
if($('iframe').is(':focus')) {
//do nothing
}
else {
_doing_something_wrong.resume();
$('#_put_an_eye_on_users_activity_modal').modal({show : true, keyboard: false,backdrop: 'static'});
}
})

Change attribute of twitter link

I'm trying to change the data-url with jQuery. Currently my code looks like this.
<div id="twitterButton" title="Tweet it on Twitter">Tweet</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#twitterButton').click(function () {
$('#tweet').attr("data-url", "https://www.google.com/");
});
});</script>
As you can see I left the url-data blank so I could be sure it is only getting set in the jQuery. However whenever I click the tweet button it always opens the window with the link for the current page that I was on. Can someone explain how I can set it to be something else via jQuery or javascript?

You should use .data() for controlling data attributes. As Daniele states in that answer, you must also stop the event propogation on the a element using preventDefault().
$('#twitterButton').click(function (e) {
$('#tweet').data('url',"https://www.google.com");
e.preventDefault();
});

You must call the preventDefault() method to stop the propagation of the click event on the child a element:
Try this code:
$('#twitterButton').click(function (e) {
$('#tweet').attr("data-url", "https://www.google.com/");
e.preventDefault();
});
Good code
D.

How to set the focus for a particular field in a Bootstrap modal, once it appears

I've seen a couple of questions in regards to bootstrap modals, but none exactly like this, so I'll go ahead.
I have a modal that I call onclick like so...
$(".modal-link").click(function(event){
$("#modal-content").modal('show');
});
This works fine, but when I show the modal I want to focus on the first input element... In may case the first input element has an id of #photo_name.
So I tried
$(".modal-link").click(function(event){
$("#modal-content").modal('show');
$("input#photo_name").focus();
});
But this was to no avail. Lastly, I tried binding to the 'show' event but even so, the input won't focus. Lastly just for testing, as I had a suspiscion this is about the js loading order, I put in a setTimeout just to see if I delay a second, will the focus work, and yes, it works! But this method is obviously crap. Is there some way to have the same effect as below without using a setTimeout?
$("#modal-content").on('show', function(event){
window.setTimeout(function(){
$(event.currentTarget).find('input#photo_name').first().focus()
}, 0500);
});

Try this
Here is the old DEMO:
EDIT:
(Here is a working DEMO with Bootstrap 3 and jQuery 1.8.3)
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#modal-content').modal('show');
$('#modal-content').on('shown', function() {
$("#txtname").focus();
})
});
Starting bootstrap 3 need to use shown.bs.modal event:
$('#modal-content').on('shown.bs.modal', function() {
$("#txtname").focus();
})

Just wanted to say that Bootstrap 3 handles this a bit differently. The event name is "shown.bs.modal".
$('#themodal').on('shown.bs.modal', function () {
$("#txtname").focus();
});
or put the focus on the first visible input like this:
.modal('show').on('shown.bs.modal', function ()
{
$('input:visible:first').focus();
})
http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#modals

I am using this in my layout to capture all modals and focus on the first input
$('.modal').on('shown', function() {
$(this).find('input').focus();
});

I had the same problem with bootstrap 3, focus when i click the link, but not when trigger the event with javascript.
The solution:
$('#myModal').on('shown.bs.modal', function () {
setTimeout(function(){
$('#inputId').focus();
}, 100);
});
Probably it´s something about the animation!

I had problem to catch "shown.bs.modal" event.. And this is my solution which works perfect..
Instead simple on():
$('#modal').on 'shown.bs.modal', ->
Use on() with delegated element:
$('body').on 'shown.bs.modal', '#modal', ->

Seems it is because modal animation is enabled (fade in class of the dialog), after calling .modal('show'), the dialog is not immediately visible, so it can't get focus at this time.
I can think of two ways to solve this problem:
Remove fade from class, so the dialog is immediately visible after calling .modal('show'). You can see http://codebins.com/bin/4ldqp7x/4 for demo. (Sorry #keyur, I mistakenly edited and saved as new version of your example)
Call focus() in shown event like what #keyur wrote.

I've created a dynamic way to call each event automatically. It perfect to focus a field, because it call the event just once, removing it after use.
function modalEvents() {
var modal = $('#modal');
var events = ['show', 'shown', 'hide', 'hidden'];
$(events).each(function (index, event) {
modal.on(event + '.bs.modal', function (e) {
var callback = modal.data(event + '-callback');
if (typeof callback != 'undefined') {
callback.call();
modal.removeData(event + '-callback');
}
});
});
}
You just need to call modalEvents() on document ready.
Use:
$('#modal').data('show-callback', function() {
$("input#photo_name").focus();
});
So, you can use the same modal to load what you want without worry about remove events every time.

I had the same problem with the bootstrap 3 and solved like this:
$('#myModal').on('shown.bs.modal', function (e) {
$(this).find('input[type=text]:visible:first').focus();
})
$('#myModal').modal('show').trigger('shown');

Bootstrap has added a loaded event.
https://getbootstrap.com/docs/3.3/javascript/#modals
capture the 'loaded.bs.modal' event on the modal
$('#mymodal').on('loaded.bs.modal', function(e) {
// do cool stuff here all day… no need to change bootstrap
})

Bootstrap modal show event
$('#modal-content').on('show.bs.modal', function() {
$("#txtname").focus();
})

A little cleaner and more modular solution might be:
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.modal').success(function() {
$('input:text:visible:first').focus();
});
});
Or using your ID as an example instead:
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#modal-content').modal('show').success(function() {
$('input:text:visible:first').focus();
});
});
Hope that helps..

Using MouseOver and MouseOut

Hi guys im working on my first website and im trying to implement a sliding menu using jquery.
This is what a got so far :
<a href="javascript:void(0);"onmouseover="ShowBox();" onmouseout="HideBox();"">Show box<a>
<script type="text/javascript">
function ShowBox()
{
$("#SlideMenu").slideDown();
}
function HideBox()
{
$("#SlideMenu").slideUp();
}
</script>
When i MouseOver the control my menu slides down but slides back up automatically.
What I would like is to let the user the time to select and option from the menu and if he doesn't, i would like the menu to close as soon as the mouse leaves the control.
Any idea why this isn't working ?
Thanks in advance.

Do your stuff without the inline JS, and remember to close the <a> element and use a ready function
<a id="test">Show box</a>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#test").on({
mouseenter: function() {
$("#SlideMenu").slideDown();
},
mouseleave: function() {
$("#SlideMenu").slideUp();
},
click: function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
}
});
});
</script>
FIDDLE

As you're using jQuery I believe it would be beneficial for you to use something similar to:
$("#box").hover(
function() {
//.stop() to prevent propagation
$(this).stop().animate({"bottom": "200px"}, "fast");
},
function() {
$(this).stop().animate({"bottom": "0px"}, "fast");
}
);
What this will mean is that whilst the mouse is over the menu, the menu will stay in its open position. When the mouse exits the menu it will close. Obviously change the id, and animation CSS values to suit your needs :)!
Here is a working example:
http://jsfiddle.net/V3PYs/1/

Really there is no problem here - the script is doing exactly what you told it to. However, from what I understand, what you want is for the menu to stay open when you leave the "trigger" element if the user's mouse is now over the menu. Try this:
<script type="text/javascript">
var timeout=250;//timeout in milliseconds to wait before hiding the menu
var menuMouseout;
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#trigger").hover(function(){
$("#SlideMenu").slideDown();
}, function(){
menuMouseout=setTimeout("$('#SlideMenu').slideUp();", timeout);
});
$("#SlideMenu").hover(function(){
clearTimeout(menuMouseout);
}, function(){
menuMouseout=setTimeout("$('#SlideMenu').slideUp();", timeout);
});
});
</script>
This way, the user is left some time after mousing out of the trigger element to get to the menu. You might need to fiddle with the timeout, but this should work. I tested this and it seems to be working. Just be sure, if necessary, to wrap this in $(document).ready to make sure all elements are loaded and ready.
Demo: http://www.dstrout.net/pub/menu.htm

If you're using jQuery this would be the proper way to go about it:
Show box
<script type="text/javascript">
$("#showBoxHref").hover(function() {
$(this).slideDown();
}, function() {
$(this).slideUp();
});
</script>
(just copy/paste this in and it should work)