Question

How do I make a web browser fire a click to an #id element on the page?

Using the .click in javascript, doesn’t work, as although .click is being called within a function, that function however is not executed upon a click (otherwise it would work).

Please help.

$('#gocircus').live('click', function() {
document.getElementById('something').click();
});

Answer 1

var el = document.getElementById('id');
el.onclick();

assuming you are assigning function to that element onclick previously

el.onclick = function() { // your code }

Your code doesn’t work as click() is jQuery extension of click event, you can’t use it on native DOMElement, instead do:

$('#gocircus').live('click', function() {
   $('#something').click();
}).click();

As per my comment, live is deprecated as of 1.7, use on():

$(document).on('click', '#gocircus', function() {
   $('#something').click();
}).click();

EDIT

As per your case, I think you need to bind click event to GO! instead:

$('#go').click(function() {
   for(var i = 0; i < $('#manyTimesToClick').val(); i++) {
      $('#idToClick').click();
   }
});