Baseline Widely available
The HTMLElement.click()
method simulates a mouse click on an element. When called on an element, the element's click
event is fired (unless its disabled
attribute is set).
None.
Return valueNone (undefined
).
Simulate a mouse-click when moving the mouse pointer over a checkbox:
HTML<form>
<input type="checkbox" id="myCheck" />
</form>
JavaScript
const checkbox = document.getElementById("myCheck");
// On mouse-over, execute myFunction
checkbox.addEventListener("mouseover", () => {
// Simulate a mouse click
checkbox.click();
});
checkbox.addEventListener("click", () => {
console.log("click event occurred");
});
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HTML:
3.2
| Encoding:
UTF-8
| Version:
0.7.4