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Simulate a click using javacsript
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function simulatedClick(target, options) { | |
var event = target.ownerDocument.createEvent('MouseEvents'), | |
options = options || {}; | |
//Set your default options to the right of || | |
var opts = { | |
type: options.click || 'click', | |
canBubble:options.canBubble || true, | |
cancelable:options.cancelable || true, | |
view:options.view || target.ownerDocument.defaultView, | |
detail:options.detail || 1, | |
screenX:options.screenX || 0, //The coordinates within the entire page | |
screenY:options.screenY || 0, | |
clientX:options.clientX || 0, //The coordinates within the viewport | |
clientY:options.clientY || 0, | |
ctrlKey:options.ctrlKey || false, | |
altKey:options.altKey || false, | |
shiftKey:options.shiftKey || false, | |
metaKey:options.metaKey || false, //I *think* 'meta' is 'Cmd/Apple' on Mac, and 'Windows key' on Win. Not sure, though! | |
button:options.button || 0, //0 = left, 1 = middle, 2 = right | |
relatedTarget:options.relatedTarget || null, | |
} | |
//Pass in the options | |
event.initMouseEvent( | |
opts.type, | |
opts.canBubble, | |
opts.cancelable, | |
opts.view, | |
opts.detail, | |
opts.screenX, | |
opts.screenY, | |
opts.clientX, | |
opts.clientY, | |
opts.ctrlKey, | |
opts.altKey, | |
opts.shiftKey, | |
opts.metaKey, | |
opts.button, | |
opts.relatedTarget | |
); | |
//Fire the event | |
target.dispatchEvent(event); | |
} |
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