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Asked: 2026-05-25T15:29:47+00:00

I have a code that selects an option after you clicked an element: You

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I have a code that selects an option after you clicked an element:

You can see the code here

function setAsSelectedOption(referrerElement){
  var clickToOptionMap = {
        'click-object-1'  :  'fireaway',
        'click-object-2'  :  'groundearth',
        'click-object-3'  :  'watermelon',
        'click-object-4'  :  'catchwind'
  };
  var optionId = clickToOptionMap[referrerElement.id];
  var optionElement = document.getElementById(optionId);

  optionElement.selected = true;
};

I’d like to run a code after this code. That code needs to simulate a click on the top option in the list and then clicks back on the last selected option.

Anyone know of such a script?

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Simulate clicks on options</title>
</head>

<style type="text/css">
div
{
width:30px;
height:30px;
margin:4px;
cursor:pointer;
}

#click-object-1{background-color:#F00;}
#click-object-2{background-color:#0F0;}
#click-object-3{background-color:#00F;}
#click-object-4{background-color:#FF0;}
</style>


<body>


<form action="">

  <fieldset>

    <ul style="list-style:none;">
      <li>
        <select id="select_items_first" name="SelectItemsFirst">
          <option value="choose">Please choose</option>
          <option id="fireaway" value="xjakgd">Fire</option>
          <option id="groundearth" value="yuygas">Earth</option>
        </select>
      </li>
      <li>
        <select id="select_items_second" name="SelectItemsSecond">
          <option value="choosemore">Please choose</option>
          <option id="watermelon" value="piowqe">Water</option>
          <option id="catchwind" value="mnbvzi">Wind</option>
        </select>
      </li>
    </ul>

  </fieldset>

</form>

<div id="click-object-1" onclick="setAsSelectedOption(this)"></div>
<div id="click-object-2" onclick="setAsSelectedOption(this)"></div>

<br />

<div id="click-object-3" onclick="setAsSelectedOption(this)"></div>
<div id="click-object-4" onclick="setAsSelectedOption(this)"></div>


<script type="text/javascript">
function setAsSelectedOption(referrerElement){
  var clickToOptionMap = {
        'click-object-1'  :  'fireaway',
        'click-object-2'  :  'groundearth',
        'click-object-3'  :  'watermelon',
        'click-object-4'  :  'catchwind'
  };
  var optionId = clickToOptionMap[referrerElement.id];
  var optionElement = document.getElementById(optionId);

  optionElement.selected = true;
};
</script>


</body>
</html>

************************************ UPDATE 2011-09-14 ************************************

I made a gif to show what I’d like to accomplish:

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  1. Editorial Team

    You just have to add the following line to click an element: document.getElementById("yourid").click();

    In your case, it would be

    document.getElementById("click-object-1").click();
document.getElementById("click-object-4").click();

    (see http://jsfiddle.net/gMZGr/1/ )

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