Question

I see some anchor elements on an html page like so

<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="clickable">Click me</a>;

The page assigns JavaScript event handlers to the anchor element on page load. After the page loads, I can click on the anchor element to fire a JavaScript operation.

I want to programmatically fire the anchor’s event handler function, but I am unable to determine the event handler’s function name because the relevant external JavaScript file is compressed, so it’s difficult to trace the code. The compression obfuscated all the variable/function names and put everything on one line.

Can anyone suggest a way for me to programmatically fire the anchor’s onclick event handler?

Thanks

Answer 1

To answer the question in your title: no, you can’t. You can’t get the name because there might not even be a name – it’s become quite common to use anonymous functions for this purpose.

For the answer to your second question, see:

How can I programmatically invoke an onclick() event from a anchor tag while keeping the ‘this’ reference in the onclick function?