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Asked: 2026-05-11T03:18:11+00:00

I want to trigger a hyperlink by hitting Enter using jQuery. I have the

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I want to trigger a hyperlink by hitting Enter using jQuery. I have the following html but all an Enter-stroke does is trigger the alert, it doesn’t navigate to the link. Clicking the link, however, does navigate to the new address. What am I missing?

I know my test function is working since the addClass/removeClass functions are working.

<html> <head>     <script type='text/javascript' src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.1/jquery.min.js'></script>     <script type='text/javascript'>         $(document).ready(function(){             $('a').click(function(event){                 alert(this.href);             });         });         function test(event){             if (event.keyCode == 13) {                 $('a').addClass('test');                 $('a.one').trigger('click');             }             else {                 $('a').removeClass('test');}         }     </script>     <style type='text/css'>         a.test { font-weight: bold; }     </style> </head> <body onkeypress='test(event)'>     <a class='one' href='http://jquery.com/'>jQuery</a>     <br/>     <a class='two' href='http://stackoverflow.com/'>stack overflow</a> </body> </html>
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  1. Add a window.location = this.href; to your click function. That should work.

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