jQuery Tutorial Tutorials - jQuery .trigger() method

The .trigger() method in jQuery is used to trigger an event type on the matched elements.

jQuery .trigger() method Syntax

.trigger(eventType[,extraParameters])

jQuery .trigger() method Example

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trigger a click for button1

$( "#button1" ).click(function(){
    $('#log').append("Button1 click event is triggered!");
});
$( "#button1" ).trigger( "click");

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To submit the form without using the submit() function

$("form:first").trigger("submit")

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Pass data to the event hanlder

$( "p" )
.click(function( event, a, b ) {
    // When user click the paragraph, a and b are undefined
    // for a trigger like below a refers to "foo" and b refers to "bar"
})
.trigger( "click", [ "foo", "bar" ] );

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