Trigger click event for p element
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"> </script>/*from w w w . j av a2 s . co m*/ <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("button").click(function(){ $("p").click(); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <button>test</button> <p onclick="document.write('Click event triggered')"> This is a paragraph.</p> </body> </html>