Simulate Keypress With jQuery

Question

Using jQuery, how can I simulate (trigger?) a KeyPress when a link is clicked? For example, when a user clicks the following link:

<a id="clickforspace" href="#">Click Here</a> 

Then, by clicking the link, it would be as if they pressed the "spacebar" on their keyboard.

Something like this, I'm assuming:

$("#clickforspace").click(function(e) {      e.preventDefault();      //... Some type of code here to initiate "spacebar" //                                       }); 

Any ideas on how to achieve this?

Answer 1

I believe this is what you're looking for:

var press = jQuery.Event("keypress"); press.ctrlKey = false; press.which = 40; $("whatever").trigger(press); 

From here.

Answer 2

Another option:

$(el).trigger({type: 'keypress', which: 13, keyCode: 13}); 

http://api.jquery.com/trigger/