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Asked: 2026-06-08T01:06:41+00:00

In my jQuery Mobile application, I am trying to click a mailto link programmatically

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In my jQuery Mobile application, I am trying to click a mailto link programmatically but having no success.

Here is the HTML code:

<section id="mensen" data-role="page">

<div data-role="content" class="content">
<a id="emailLink" href="mailto:123@123.com">This is the email link</a>

</div>
</section>

The jQuery code is :

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

The link functions normally and the default email client is launched if clicked directly but nothing happens programmatically.

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  1. Editorial Team

    yes indeed, but this will work

    $(document).ready(function()
{   
   $('#emailLink')[0].click();
})​

    edited: (“why?” comment)

    because a query done with jquery $(…) returns an array/object of elements.
    we have to use the index [0] (expecting only one because its an id) in order to call the .click function of the link object and not on the jquery result array.
    btw i don’t expect the array to have that function

    the jquery result array is expected to have a .get(…) function to retrieve elements from the result

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