gistfile1.js

$("#foo").click(function(e){
   if (e.clientX) {
      // native mouse click
   }
   else {
      // triggered mouse click
   }
});

@getify Indeed - as a general coding pattern, it's really bad practice. However, the solution is not to remove the support à la

i would consider that kind of code (and the ability to do it in JavaScript and jQuery, etc) wrong and evil

We shouldn't remove democracy just because it lets us do evil, right? ;)

@krawaller -- i mean, i understand your point. not necessarily saying it should be removed, but it should be avoided under almost all cases, just like what crockford says about the "good parts" and "bad parts" -- i definitely consider that a "bad part".

btw, there are some things that are so evil they should be removed... like "document.write"... my new banner: "document.write() must die". :)