How to simulate a mouse click using JavaScript?

Question

I know about the document.form.button.click() method. However, I\'d like to know how to simulate the onclick event.

I found this code somew

Answer 1

Based on Derek's answer, I verified that

document.getElementById('testTarget')
  .dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('click', {shiftKey: true}))

works as expected even with key modifiers. And this is not a deprecated API, as far as I can see. You can verify on this page as well.