Question

$('.button').click();

The above code works great to click all buttons on the page at once, but I am trying to fire off clicks every half or second or so until the jQuery Object has looped i.e.

$(function(){

   $('.button').each(function(){

          setInterval('$(this).click()', 500);

    });
});

Can some one tell me how I can do this? the above code obviously does not work. Am I missing something?

Answer 1

Do not use strings in setInterval() or setTimeout(). Always pass function objects:

$(function() {
    $('.button').each(function(){
        var button = $(this);
        setInterval(function() {button.click();}, 500);
    });
});

EDIT: If all you want is to trigger a click, this can also be expressed more simply as (thanks icambron):

$(function() {
    $('.button').each(function(){
        setInterval($(this).click, 500);
    });
});