jQuery click()
trigger click event on link
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>jQuery Trigger Click on a Link</title> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js"></script> <script> function doSomething(){/*from w ww . j a va2s . co m*/ document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Click event is triggered on the link."; } $(document).ready(function(){ $("button").click(function(){ $("a")[0].click(); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <p id="demo"></p> <p><a href="#imageId" onclick="doSomething()">Bookmark link to an image</a></p> <button type="button">Trigger Click</button> <div style="margin-top: 800px;"> <img src="image1.png" id="imageId" alt="Sky"> </div> </body> </html>