Link to marker in leaflet map from extern <a> tag

Question

I host a leaflet map and want to link to certain marker on that map from an a-element outside the map. I want the marker to behave like it was clicked, when the link is clicked.

Clicking on

<a href="#" onclick="WHATGOESHERE?">My Link</a>

should activate my marker

L.marker([52.121935,11.627137], {icon: photomarker}).addTo(map)
.bindPopup("<b>This is a marker</b>")  ;

How can I achieve that? I got a hint, that it can be done with

marker.fire('click')

but I dont get it. Where should I put that? I am pretty new to javascript...

You can see the whole map here: http://bit.ly/VtFXFN

Answer 1

save reference

var t = L.marker([52.121935,11.627137], {icon: photomarker}).addTo(map)
.bindPopup("<b>This is a marker</b>");

in a

<a href="#" onclick="t.fire('click')">My Link</a>