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Manually Trigger Element Event Via Code

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  1. <a href="#" onclick="alert('onclick executed');" id="testLink">some link</a>
  2.  
  3. <script type="text/javascript">
  4. <!--
  5. function fireEvent(element, eventName) {
  6. 	evt = document.getElementById(element)[eventName];
  7.  
  8. 	if (typeof(evt) == "function") {
  9. 		document.getElementById(element)[eventName]();
  10. 	} else {}
  11. }
  12.  
  13.  
  14. fireEvent("testLink", "onclick");
  15. -->
  16. </script>

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