So I have this html
<a class='test' href='somewhere' target='_blank'>Click me </a> and I was expecting this jQuery selector to click it
I tried both the following and the new tab is not opening in Chrome
$('.test').click() $('.test').trigger('click') jQuery .click() and .trigger('click') only work to kick off any event handlers that are attached to the click event. It won't actually click the link and take you to the href.
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Wrap your code in $(document).ready(function(){...}
$(document).ready(function(){ $('.test').click(); }); Update
Read Open a URL in a new tab (and not a new window) using JavaScript
.click() and .trigger('click') will execute the functions which are attached to the click event.
What you actually want to do is via jQuery open another window/tab on click. Like Andi said in their answer .click() and .trigger('click') merely trigger the handlers and don't represent an actual click on the page. Use:
window.open($('.test').attr('href')); See Fiddle. Clicking on 'Click me' opens the stackoverflow link
However, some browsers will block this request as popup, so it is best to have it result from a user actually interacting with the page.
document.ready then in chrome at least the popup blocker will block it unless you tell it not to so you have to be careful about where you open new windows from (eg automated events versus human instigated events).As Andi said in their answer the click injection will not actually click the link but will kick off the element click event. So, this could be a workaround solution:
$('.test').click( function () { window.open($(".test").attr("href")); }); $('.test').click(); And the fiddle