Question

I have a case where a click handler is defined/assigned in one jQuery code block (file) and I want to trigger it from another click event defined/assigned in a different jQuery code block. How can I accomplish this?

The following code is a greatly simplified version of what I am trying to accomplish. The behavior I want to see is a JavaScript alert "Element One" when I click #Element2.

Example HTML:

<p id="Element1">Element One</p>
<p id="Element2">Element Two</p>

First jQuery code block:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#Element1').click(function() {
        alert('Element One');
    });
});

Second jQuery code block:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#Element2').click(function() {
        $('#Element1').click();
    });
});

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UPDATE: My original example actually works. I was building upon my field hint jQuery UI Dialog solution, and didn’t account for about the ‘clickoutside’ handler that I was using. Adding a check to for the second element in my ‘clickoutside’ handler allows the dialog to display.

Answer 1

You need to trigger a click when you click on the first element. You can use the trigger method for this.

function element1Hanlder () {
    alert('Element One');
}

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#Element1').click(function() {
        alert('Element One');
    });
});

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#Element2').click(function() {
        $('#Element1').trigger('click');
    });
});