Is it possible to trigger a link's (or any element's) click event through JavaScript?

Question

I'm writing some JavaScript code that needs to fire the click event for a link. In Internet Explorer I can do this

var button = document.getElementById('myButton'); button.click(); 

But this doesn't work in Firefox, and I assume any other browser. In Firefox, I've done this

var button = document.getElementById('myButton'); window.location = button.href; 

I feel like this is not the best way to do this. Is there a better way to trigger a click event? Preferably something that works regardless of the type of element or the browser.

Answer 1

http://jehiah.cz/archive/firing-javascript-events-properly

function fireEvent(element,event) {    if (document.createEvent) {        // dispatch for firefox + others        var evt = document.createEvent("HTMLEvents");        evt.initEvent(event, true, true ); // event type,bubbling,cancelable        return !element.dispatchEvent(evt);    } else {        // dispatch for IE        var evt = document.createEventObject();        return element.fireEvent('on'+event,evt)    } }