Dynamically create and "click" a link with jQuery

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I want to dynamically create an <a href="mailto:..."> element, then "click" it. All without modifying the page.

I'm trying this:

$('<a href="mailto:test@test.com">&nbsp;</a>').click();

...to no avail

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14 Answers

I have been found some problems with a similar issue and I found the simplest way for me:

    var link = document.createElement('a');

    link.download = 'profile.png';
    link.href = '...';
    link.id = 'example';
    link.class = '...';

    document.body.appendChild(link);

    link.click();

In my case I lost a lot of time trying to do this with jquery, doing $('#example').click()but does not work for me. At least the problem was jquery, I did it without it. I hope that it can be help for somenone. Is a simple way to set an anchor to download an image and do click just after.

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