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I have a div that has pointerdown event listener and I would like to simulate pointer down event by script. How do I do that?
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asked Jun 13 '26 21:06
// create a specific "pointerdown" event
var myEvent = new PointerEvent('pointerdown')
// Listen for the event (POC)
document.body.addEventListener('pointerdown', console.log);
// Dispatch the event (on the "<body>" element)
document.body.dispatchEvent(myEvent );As you can see I am using the PointerEvent constructor.
Different events have different constructors, and you need to look which one has a constructor, and if there's none, you should use CustomEvent constructor.
Probably 99% of any DOM-related questions are already answered on MDN docs, you only need to connect the pieces together.
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