The HTMLElement.click() method simulates a mouse click on an element.
When click is used with elements that support it (e.g., one of the <input> types listed above), it also fires the element's click event, which bubbles up to elements higher in the document tree (or event chain) and fires their click events, too. However, the bubbling of a click event does not cause an <a> element to initiate navigation as if a real mouse-click had been received.
Syntax
elt.click()
Specification
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification | Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
| Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | 20[3] | 5[1] | (Yes) | (Yes)[2] | 6[3] |
input@file (limited) |
(Yes) | 4 | (Yes) | 12.10 | (Yes) |
input@file (full) |
(Yes) | 4 | (Yes) | No support | (Yes) |
| Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Phone | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | No support | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
[1] Prior to Gecko 5.0 (Firefox 5.0 / Thunderbird 5.0 / SeaMonkey 2.2), Gecko didn't implement the click method on other elements that might be expected to respond to mouse–clicks such as links (<a> elements), nor would it necessarily fire the click event of other elements.
[2] In Presto-based versions of Opera the click() method will silently be ignored if made on an <input> with its type attribute set to file and its CSS display property set to none.
[3] Older versions had HTMLInputElement.click(), and HTMLButtonElement.click() only.
