John:
Try using bind(); with click()
$("div.test").bind("click", function(){
$("a").click();
});
Hth,
Michael
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of John Liu
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 6:53 PM
> To: jQuery (English)
> Subject: [jQuery] divert click to an anchor
>
>
> <html><head>
> <script language=javascript src="jquery-1.1.3.1.js"></script>
> <script language=javascript>
> $(document).ready(function(){
> $("div.test").click(function(){
> alert('div.test clicked');
> $("a").click();
> });
> });
> </script></head><body>
> <a href="http://google.com";> google </a>
> <div class='test'>click</div>
> </body></html>
>
> I have a situation where if anyone clicks anywhere within the div, I
> want the anchor to be fired - in this case, navigate to google.com.
> Why doesn't the above code work?
>
> thanks in advance.
> jliu
