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Triggering button click in jQuery not working

Using dot.js I'm adding a button to a specific web page that, when clicked, should add some text to a text field and then trigger another button to also be clicked. I simulate this by adding a click handler to my button which has this code:
var button = $('.some-class').find('button')[0];
console.log(button); // element I expect
button.click();
However, this doesn't work and I'm not sure why. If instead of .click() I perform .remove(), the button is removed from the page. If I use the console to execute the same code, the button does get clicked. This tells me I do have the right element, but there is something wrong with the click() event specifically.
Can someone explain why this isn't working in either Safari or Chrome? I've tried a lot of different things, but I'm new to jQuery so I'm probably missing some detail in how that works.

We went to the bottom of this in the chat. What probably caused the problem was another event-handler attached to (possibly) body, that undid the click.
So the solution was to stop the event from propagating:
event.stopPropagation();

While assigning the click event handler to the button you should use jquery on
This should ensure that whenever a new button with added with same selector (as in when event was assigned), event handled will be assigned to that button
Some examples here

The problem is the click() function is from jquery and you're attempting to fire the click function from the DOM object.
Try
$(button).click();
Here's a plunk.
http://plnkr.co/edit/2pcgVt

You can use the following statement.
var button = $('.some-class').find('button')[0].trigger('click');

try jquery's trigger() function:
$(button).trigger('click');
see jsfiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/665hjqwk/

Send click event on button loaded dynamically

So this is slightly different than all the posts I have found on the subject. I have a button that gets loaded dynamically via Jquery, I save the selector of this button and later on in my code I need to send a click event (Emulate someone clicking on the button) Now normally I would just use $('#myID').click();
and this casts a click. But Since my button is loaded dynamically this does not work. Now I do NOT need to handle the onclick event. I could use
$(document).on('click', '#myId',function(e){});
for that. I need to actually send the click event. I have tried
.click();
.on('click);
.onClick();
.trigger('click');
Any ideas?

You could also breakout the code that you want to happen when you click on the button into a function if it's simple enough and instead of trying to fire a click event just fire the function the button normally fires.

By using setTimeout() to call the function again and again you are essentially polling the element, untill it actually exists, which is when you fire the click event.
// Wait for everything in the document to be loaded
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
// Make the initial call to the function
fire_click('#myID');
// This function tries to find the button, and if it can't
// find it, it calls itself again in 50 ms.
function fire_click(selector) {
elem = jQuery(selector);
if (elem.length == 0)
setTimeout(fire_click, 50);
else
elem.click();
}
});
A better solution would be to have a callback function that is fired when the button is loaded. This callback function can then fire the click event on the button, since the callback function is only called when the button is actually there. Generally it's a good idea to avoid polling for information when you can, so therefore this would be considered a better solution.

I can't prevent a button click event on JQuery

I have a button that clears a list, the click on this button shows a dialog that asks for validation (Yes/No). What I want is to disable the "Clear" button after clearing the list (Click on Yes). Here's my code :
$('#clearBtn').click(function() {
$('#alert5').show();
$('#bg').show();
$('#Yes').click(function(){
$('.list1').empty();
$('#clearBtn').disable(true);
$('#clearBtn').click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
});
$(".alert").fadeOut(250);
$(".alertbg").fadeOut(250);
});
});
the preventDefault() function doesn't seem to work.

First never nest event handlers.
$('#cleatBtn').click(function () {
$('#alert5').show();
$('#bg').show();
});
$('#Yes').click(function () {
$('.list1').empty();
$('#cleatBtn').attr('disabled', true);
$(".alert").fadeOut(250);
$(".alertbg").fadeOut(250);
});
If you just want to disable then use the following syntax
$('#cleatBtn').attr('disabled', true);
Remove the innermost event completely.. That is not required.
Use on to bind the events, if you want the button to be enabled but turn off the event handler using off
One more option you have is to apply a class to the button when you press yes and execute the code only when the class is not present.
$('#cleatBtn').click(function () {
if( !$(this).hasClass('active')) {
$('#alert5').show();
$('#bg').show();
}
});
$('#Yes').click(function () {
$('.list1').empty();
$('#cleatBtn').attr('disabled', true);
$('#cleatBtn').addClass('active');
$(".alert").fadeOut(250);
$(".alertbg").fadeOut(250);
});

To disable a button, call the prop function with the argument true on it:
$('#cleatBtn').prop("disabled", true);

e.preventDefault(); is the correct way of cancelling events. Some older browsers also expect a return type of false. Which I think will cause jQuery to call preventDefault()?
Here's a good answer: What's the effect of adding 'return false' to a click event listener?
I think your structure looks a bit odd. you don't need to attach click events within a click event.
Just attach them all separately on document.ready events. At the moment they are nested, then go back to trying to cancel your event. The dom tree might be confused by the way the events are nested.
Hope that helps.

How to trigger change event for Chosen (jQuery)

Before I click reset button I choose "Company" in Chosen (dropdown list). The event occurs normally after I click reset. I choose "Company" again but event change in dropdownlist doesn't occur.
Could anyone tell me how to trigger the change event for dropdownlist after clicking reset button and then the same element?
The code I have so far:
$("#mainMenu").change(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
loadFirstManu(true);
});
Code for the reset button:
$("#btn_reset").click(function() {
CKEDITOR.instances.ckeditor.setData('');
$('.mchosen').each(function() {
$(this).val('').trigger('liszt:updated');
$('#submenu').attr('disabled', 'disabled').html('');
$('#secondsubmenu').attr('disabled', 'disabled').html('');
$('#s-menu').removeClass('required').html('');
$('#secondsubmenu').removeClass('validate[required]');
$('#tabmenu').attr('disabled', 'disabled').html('');
$('#tab').removeClass('required').html('');
});
});

This is what i figured out:
$('#my-select').val(5).trigger("liszt:updated")
liszt:updated is no longer working in new version of chosen instead use below as Alexandru Cojan's answer suggesting
trigger("chosen:updated");

for newer version of chosen the event is "chosen:updated"
$(selector).trigger("chosen:updated")

If i need just to refresh value in chosen select - .trigger('chosen:updated') is enough. But if I have change handler and want it to be called - i need to do .trigger('chosen:updated').change()

I don't know if this is your case or not, but your code above should work,
$("#mainMenu").change(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
loadFirstManu(true);
});
but please notice that "change" event occurs on most browsers when you unfocus the select input
So when you click reset, just before executing the reset action the onchange is triggered.
Now try clicking outside the select input after changing the selection and see if it still works or not

Maybe you should try using .on, as your $('#mainMenu') may have changed somewhere (Can't say without an example). Try doing this:
$("body").on('change','#mainMenu',function(){
...
});
or any parent selector instead of "heavy" body

If I am not wrong to understand you then you want to trigger the event change after click on the reset button.
you can do this by simply adding one line to your code
//code
$("#btn_reset").click(function(){
// your code here
$("#mainMenu").trigger('change');
//you can write this as per your requirements ie. at start or end.
});

How does jQuery handle nested functions and timing of events?

There are a couple of things that really trouble me with regards to how jQuery handles nested functions (not to the point that I can't sleep but it's getting there) and I wish a jQuery expert could explain how things work to bring me piece of mind.
Let's say you have the below HTML code:
<button id="first">click me first</button>
<button id="second">click me next</button>
And the following jQuery code:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#first').click(function() {
$('#second').click(function() {
alert('test');
});
});
});
A dialog box will popup if you click the first button and then the second button.
I understand jQuery instantiates the $('#first').click() function when the DOM is ready and calls it when someone clicks on the first button.
However what I am puzzled with is the following:
[Q1] is the $('#second').click() function also instantiated on DOM ready or only when $('#one').click() is called?
Now, when you look at the jQuery code, there is nothing that "keeps us" in the $('#first').click() function, that is once the user clicks on the first button, the $('#second').click() function should be instantiated and we should exit the $('#one').click() function straight away. However after clicking the first button, jquery must somehow keep $('#second').click() indefinitely in memory in case the user clicks on the second button.
[Q2] how does jquery know to keep the $('#second').click() function in memory until the user clicks on the second button after clicking the first button?
Finally let's say you wanted to modify your code so that the user had to click the second button within 10 seconds of clicking the first button for the dialog box to appear:
[Q3] how would you implement this so that jQuery would know to stop listening for click events on the second button after 10 seconds?

Q1 - JS will simply load function definitions. It won't run it unless they are explicitly triggered/called. In this case, it will simply attach the event handler to #first and wait until someone clicks the button to fire the event. This will make the second function attach itself to the second button.
Q2 Again, it's not jQuery, it's JavaScript doing all the work. The method is simply attached to the DOM element and is triggered on the event it is attached to. JS is like any programming language and will keep all methods and variables in its memory.
The second click function isn't actually attached to the second button until after someone clicks on the first button. This is because, when the first button is clicked, JS knows to trigger the first method which does all the work of attaching the second method to the second button.
Q3 You could use setTimeout to unbind that method from the DOM element.
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#first').click(function() {
$('#second').click(function() {
alert('test');
setTimeout(function(){$('#second').unbind('click');}, 10000);
});
});
});
Note This unbinds all click event handlers from this DOM element. You can also unbind that particular method by passing it as a parameter. Check out the API docs for usage.
setTimeout : https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.setTimeout
unbind : http://api.jquery.com/unbind/

[A1] The second function is only instantiated when #first is clicked as it is part of the execution of the first method. This also means that if you click #first n times you should get n alerts for every click on #second.
[A2] The function is rooted by the #second element. So long as that element is alive javascript knows to keep the function around.
[A3] You would need to save off the function pointer and do a setTimeout to clear it.
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#first').click(function() {
var secondFunction = function() {
alert('test');
};
$('#second').click(secondFunction);
setTimeout(function(){ $('#second').unbind('click', secondFunction); }, 10000);
});
});
A better implementation is probably something like:
$(document).ready(function() {
var enabled = false;
$('#first').click(function() {
enabled = true;
setTimeout(function(){ enabled = false; }, 10000);
});
$('#second').click(function() {
if(enabled) {
alert('test');
};
});
});

The answer to your first question: Yes, the second button will bind to click event only when a user clicks on the first button.
The second question: I'm not sure what you're asking.
The third one: Assuming the button one has nothing to do except bind the event to second button once clicked, you can set a timeout on document ready for 10 seconds. Now when the timer expires it must unbind the button one's click event hence blocking second button's event. I guess you understand now. e.g.
$(document).ready(function(){
setTimeout(removeEvent, 10000);
$('#first').click(function() {
$('#second').click(function() {
alert('test');
});
});
});
function removeEvent(){
$('#first').unbind('click');
}