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Trigger an event in plain.JS #Javascript
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function triggerEvent(el, type) { | |
if ('createEvent' in document) { | |
// modern browsers, IE9+ | |
var e = document.createEvent('HTMLEvents'); | |
e.initEvent(type, false, true); | |
el.dispatchEvent(e); | |
} else { | |
// IE 8 | |
var e = document.createEventObject(); | |
e.eventType = type; | |
el.fireEvent('on' + e.eventType, e); | |
} | |
} |
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