无法触发“ a”元素上的点击事件

Question

I'm trying to trigger a click event on an <a> element, but nothing happens. I want that the link included on href open a new tab.

I've used:

$("#tables a").eq(0).click();

Anybody knows why is not working?

Answer 1

click() will trigger the event, but not actually click the link. The closest you can get is window.open :

window.open($('#tables a').get(0).href);

Or, to open it in the same page:

window.location.href = $('#tables a').get(0).href;

Answer 2

Nevermind, turns out .click has always existed (keanu-whoa). For posterity's sake:

.click is not a method on DOMElement (which is what $(...)[0] will be).

 $("#tables a").first().click(); 

There's also .eq() if you need something other than the first link.

API reference:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLAnchorElement