I am trying to trigger a anchor tag through jquery but its not getting trigger

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Here is my anchor tag:

<a id="hidden_link" runat="server">

and function :

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function Call() {

            $("#ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_hidden_link").trigger('click');
            alert('hi');
           
        }

Posted 4-Dec-15 17:44pm

Rajeev Raj

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[no name] 5-Dec-15 0:57am

Are you sure about your ID of anchor tag?

Secondly put an alert before trigger click called to make sure that function is called.

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Solution 2

Now seeing your code, some things needs to be adjusted..

When accessing a server object from javascript, always use <%= ObjectName.ClientID%> because your parent control name can chnage and it will cause problems trying to find whats gone wrong.
Update your code to this simple line

JavaScript

function Call() {         
$("#<%= Hidden_Link.ClientID%>").click();
            alert('hi'); 
}

OR use this

JavaScript

$("#<%= Hidden_Link.ClientID%>").on("click", function() {
  alert('hi');
});
$("#<%= Hidden_Link.ClientID%>").trigger("click");

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Posted 4-Dec-15 19:11pm

Prince Tegaton

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Rajeev Raj · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-04T18:52:00

Solution 1

Instead of triggering click anchor tag i used this and it works,

JavaScript

function Call() {
          var href = $('#ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_hidden_link').attr('href');
          window.location.href = href;

      }

Posted 4-Dec-15 18:52pm

Rajeev Raj