click Method

Simulates a click by causing the onclick event to fire.

Syntax

object .click( )

Return Value

No return value.

Remarks

Note Simulating a click using the click does not bring the element being clicked into focus. (See example below).

Example

The following example demonstrates how simulating a click using the click does not, by default, bring the element into focus.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT>
function simclick1()
{ chk1.focus();
// focus is explicitly set
chk1. click ();
} function simclick2()
{ chk1. click (); }
</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT FOR=chk1 EVENT=onfocus> alert("check box is in focus!"); </SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P STYLE="font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:bold">DEMO: USING CLICK METHOD DOES NOT SET FOCUS</P>
<UL STYLE="color:blue;font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:bold">
<LI>Both these buttons apply the click method to the check box. </LI>
<LI>An alert has been set to fire when the check box is put into focus. </UL> </LI>
<INPUT Type="CHECKBOX" id=chk1></INPUT> <br>
<BUTTON onclick="simclick1()">This button <B>applies the focus method</B> to check box</BUTTON> <br>
<BUTTON onclick="simclick2()">This button <B>does not apply the focus method</B> to check box</BUTTON> <br>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Standards Information

This method is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version

Win16:
Win32:
Windows CE:
Unix:
Mac:

A , ADDRESS , APPLET , AREA , B , BIG , BLOCKQUOTE , BODY , BUTTON , CAPTION , CENTER , CITE , CODE , CUSTOM , DD , DFN , DIR , DIV , DL , DT , EM , EMBED , FIELDSET , FONT , FORM , hn , HR , I , IMG , INPUT type=button , INPUT type=checkbox , INPUT type=file , INPUT type=image , INPUT type=password , INPUT type=radio , INPUT type=reset , INPUT type=submit , INPUT type=text , KBD , LABEL , LEGEND , LI , LISTING , MAP , MARQUEE , MENU , NOBR , OBJECT , OL , OPTION , P , PLAINTEXT , PRE , S , SAMP , SELECT , SMALL , SPAN , STRIKE , STRONG , SUB , SUP , TABLE , TBODY , TD , TEXTAREA , TFOOT , TH , THEAD , TR , TT , U , UL , VAR , XMP

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