How to programmatically trigger a D3 drag event?

Question

So i have some data binded with drag event listeners :

myNodes.enter()
    .append("svg:g")
    .call(d3.behavior.drag()
        .on("drag", function() { 
            console.log(d3.event.dx, d3.event.dy);
        })
    );

Now I want to call this onDrag function on a certain node programmatically. I do know the same is possible with standard events by doing

aNode.on("click")() // works
aNode.on("drag")()  // doesn't work

Is there any way to do so ? Thanks.

Answer 1

Save the callback (the one you pass into the drag handler) in a variable and then call this variable in your other context.

var dragCallback = function(){
    console.log(d3.event.dx, d3.event.dy);
};
var dragBehavior = d3.behavior.drag()
    .on("drag", dragCallback);
myNodes.enter()
    .append("g")
    .call(dragBehavior);
    //Call drag method programmatically
dragCallback()