document.getElementById('myButton').click(); ...just doesnt work in Firefox, WHY IS THAT? RSS

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  document.getElementById('myButton').click(); ...just doesnt work in Firefox, WHY IS THAT?

  Nov 22, 2008 09:01 PM|LINK

  I am trying this command "document.getElementById('myButton').click();" to execute from client-side a button's server-side event. It works fine in IE7, but Firefox (2.0 & 3.0) just doesnt recognize it, raising me a javascript error (tells me its not a function)...I tried with "document.getElementById('myButton').onclick();" with no avail...

  I am really stuck with this issue, Ive been struggling for weeks with stuff!!!!

  Any help will be HIGHLY appreciated!

   

   

   

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  Re: document.getElementById('myButton').click(); ...just doesnt work in Firefox, WHY IS THAT?

  Nov 22, 2008 09:39 PM|LINK

  Just call the function that the click event calls. If it is a normal postback, than call the __doPostBack.

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  Re: document.getElementById('myButton').click(); ...just doesnt work in Firefox, WHY IS THAT?

  Nov 23, 2008 03:29 AM|LINK

   try instead onclick='document.forms[0].submit'
  

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  Re: document.getElementById('myButton').click(); ...just doesnt work in Firefox, WHY IS THAT?

  Nov 23, 2008 11:03 AM|LINK

  Could you elaborate a little bit more on this, maybe with an example?

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  Re: document.getElementById('myButton').click(); ...just doesnt work in Firefox, WHY IS THAT?

  Nov 23, 2008 01:02 PM|LINK

  What does the click event of the button do? If all it does is submit the page, try this:

  <script type="text/javascript">
  <!--
  function someFunction()
  {
   // Your code...

   //document.getElementById('myButton').click();

   <%= GetPostBackEventReference(myButton, string.Empty) %>;
  }
  // -->
  </script>

  If using VS 2.0 use this GetPostBackEventReference call instead: ClientScript.GetPostBackEventReference(myButton, string.Empty)

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  • Edited by NC01 on Nov 23, 2008 01:04 PM
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  Re: document.getElementById('myButton').click(); ...just doesnt work in Firefox, WHY IS THAT?

  Nov 23, 2008 02:27 PM|LINK

  I tried the suggestions...with no avail.

  Also, I tried the code below, in IE7 it works fine, in Firefox I get no error, but nothing happens either :(

  if (button.dispatchEvent)
  {
  var e = document.createEvent(“MouseEvents”);
  e.initEvent(“click”, true, true);
  button.dispatchEvent(e);
  }
  else
  {
  button.click();
  }

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  Re: document.getElementById('myButton').click(); ...just doesnt work in Firefox, WHY IS THAT?

  Nov 27, 2008 12:51 PM|LINK

  rtortima

  I tried the suggestions...with no avail.

  Also, I tried the code below, in IE7 it works fine, in Firefox I get no error, but nothing happens either :(

  if (button.dispatchEvent)
  {
  var e = document.createEvent(“MouseEvents”);
  e.initEvent(“click”, true, true);
  button.dispatchEvent(e);
  }
  else
  {
  button.click();
  }

  That is NOT going to work in all browsers. Did you try the code that I posted? I know that works as I just tried it in IE and Firefox.

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