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Keith L.
Keith L.

Reputation: 2124

jQuery: trigger <asp:LinkButton> click

i need to trigger the click of an <asp:LinkButton>.

Example1

The following thing is working:

<asp:Button ID="myBtn" runat="server" />

$("#myBtn").trigger("click");

Example2

Now the same thing with the LinkButton is not working:

<asp:LinkButton ID="myBtn" runat="server" />

$("#myBtn").trigger("click");

I need to trigger the click event of an asp:LinkButton.

Upvotes: 11

Views: 24052

Answers (5)

Dimitar Yankovski
Dimitar Yankovski

Reputation: 34

Never use eval() because of security leaks and vulnerability. Best way to do this is with using of native js click event like that.

$('[selector]')[0].click();

in your case

$("#myLink")[0].click();

Upvotes: 1

Gloopy
Gloopy

Reputation: 37785

Instead of

$("#myBtn").trigger("click");

Try this

eval($("#myBtn").attr('href'));

See this answer for more info: https://stackoverflow.com/a/943441/1207991

Upvotes: 23

Curtis
Curtis

Reputation: 103348

Add a CssClass property to your LinkButton and use that as your selector.

Other answers have suggested using ASP.NET ClientID to get the rendered ID of the LinkButton, which is fine, but this means you have to have your script inline in the page, and the script will only work for this 1 button.

Using a class means you can have multiple elements triggering the same event, and it means you don't need to use inline server-side code to get it to work.

<asp:LinkButton ID="myBtn" runat="server" CssClass="myLink" />

$(".myLink").trigger("click");

Upvotes: 5

coder
coder

Reputation: 13250

You're giving same ID to both of them which don't work.Try to change it.

If you're using master page then use as shown below:

  <script type="text/javascript">
          $(document).ready(function () {
              $("#<%=myBtn.ClientID%>").click(function () {
              $('#<%=hyperlinkID.ClientID%>').trigger('click');
          });
  </script>

If you're don't use master page then use the code below:

<script type="text/javascript">
         $(document).ready(function () {
            $("#myBtn").click(function () {
             $('#hyperlinkID').trigger('click');
         });
 </script>

Upvotes: 1

Govind Malviya
Govind Malviya

Reputation: 13743

Use this line 

$("#<%= myBtn.ClientID %>").trigger("click");

Upvotes: 0

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