Javasript FireEvent

fireEvent

// from http://www.cristinawithout.com/content/function-trigger-events-javascript

//It takes 2 parameters:
//obj - the object to trigger the event on
// evt - the name of the event to trigger (as a string)
 
function fireEvent(obj, evt){
     var fireOnThis = obj;
     if( document.createEvent ) {
       var evObj = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
       evObj.initEvent( evt, true, false );
       fireOnThis.dispatchEvent( evObj );
     }
      else if( document.createEventObject ) { //IE
       var evObj = document.createEventObject();
       fireOnThis.fireEvent( 'on' + evt, evObj );
     } 
} 
//Example implementation
//fireEvent(document.getElementById('mylink'),'click'); //fires click event on element with id="click"
//fireEvent(document.getElementById('myinput'), 'blur'); //fire blur event on element with id="blur"