Click on element via Javascript console

Question

Imagine there is an element #button1 on website which is watched by jQuery:

$(\'#button1\').click(function(){
   console.log(\"you clicked\");
};
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Answer 1

You can not click, but simulate or trigger click. Please refer Creating and triggering events

Answer 2

You can trigger click functio like bellow

Using JQuery

$('#button1').click()

using simple JS

document.getElementById('button1').click();

Answer 3

You can also use this apart from the answers mentioned already:

$( "#button1" ).trigger( "click" );

Answer 4

You can achieve this without jQuery:

document.getElementById("button1").click(); // clicks the button

Answer 5

You can trigger a click by omitting the callback function:

$('#button1').click();