The click Method

Calling an object's click method is almost the same as triggering a click event for the objectbefore Netscape Navigator 4.0 and Internet Explorer 4.0; however, this method did not call the object's onclick event handler. You can see the support for this method in Table 6.12.

Table 6.12. The click Method

Method	NS2	NS3	NS4	NS6	IE3a	IE3b	IE4	IE5	IE5.5	IE6
`click()`	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
	No return value

Here's an example; in this case, when you click the second button in this page, the first button's onclick event is triggered:

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 <HTML>      <HEAD>          <TITLE>Using the click Method</TITLE>          <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">              <!--  function alerter()   {   alert("You clicked the button!")   }   function clicker()   {   document.form1.button1.click()  }              // -->          </SCRIPT>      </HEAD>      <BODY>          <H1>Using the click Method</H1>          <FORM NAME="form1">  <INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" NAME="button1" ONCLICK="alerter()" VALUE="Click Me!">   <INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" ONCLICK="clicker()" VALUE="Click the Other Button!">  </FORM>      </BODY>  </HTML>