executing a click function without the user clicking?

Question

$(function() {
    setInterval( "clickRight()", 5000 );
});

    $('.slide_right').click(function clickRight(){ 
etc...

I basically want my slideshow to move to the next slide as if the user clicked the right button. This example is not working for me.

Answer 1

$('.slide_right').trigger('click');

or

$('.slide_right').click();

Answer 2

You can trigger an event

$("element").trigger("event");

Bind the event to an element:

$("element").bind("event");

It does accept normal events like click, ... and also custom events.

Answer 3

setInterval( "clickRight()", 5000 );

function clickRight()
{
   $('.slide_right').trigger('click'); 
};

Answer 4

You can use trigger to force your event:

function clickRight(){
 $('.slide_right').trigger('click');
}

$(function() {
    setInterval( "clickRight()", 5000 );
});

Answer 5

You can give a name to the click function and do a setInterval like this...

$("#Id").click(function _clickFunction(){
  something();
};  

interval=setInterval( function{
  _clickFunction();
},5000);

Answer 6

document.getElementById("id").click()
// "id" is the element which you want to trigger click() action