Question

I want to initiate cart submission automatically. I have

<a href="javascript:alert('javascript');" onclick="alert('onclick')" class="simpleCart_checkout hudbtn primary right">Checkout</a>

And javascript

<script>
$('.simpleCart_checkout').trigger('click');
</script>

So I get alert click on page load but not javascript alert and simple cart not submitting data. So what more do I need to trigger so it will fully imitate link click?

Thanks

PS
When I click mouse on Checkout simplecart submits data to another page with cart items etc. But if I try imitate click alert happen only but not cart submission.

Answer 1

First thing is 1st. Remove all the inline silliness from the DOM element:

<a href="#" class="simpleCart_checkout hudbtn primary right">Checkout</a>

Second. If you are going to use jQuery, use jQuery!

<script>
$('.simpleCart_checkout').on('click', function() {
     alert("onclick");
     return false;
}).trigger('click');
</script>

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/maniator/dY26m/