Jquery trigger a link created with Jquery

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I use Jquery to add items to the page, those items include links. To address these new elements, I use $(container).on... etc. But how can I trigger a link that was created after the dom was built. In other words I want to programatically "click" an element created on the fly. what format should I use

xkcd149 · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-19 17:32:27Z

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You can use trigger

$( "#foo" ).on( "click", function() {
    alert( $( this ).text() );
});

$( "#foo" ).trigger( "click" );

answered Feb 19, 2016 at 17:32

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Redmega Over a year ago

You could also just use $('#foo').click();, which looks cleaner.

Nev Over a year ago

That's interesting. I'd already tried that without success, but I am trying to trigger from within the success function of an ajax call. If I try it outside of that function, it seems to work

DinoMyte Over a year ago

Could you post the section of the code where you are trying to trigger the click event in the ajax func ?

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