How to activate event by clicking on another element

Question

    <div class="imgtumb"><img src="..."></div>
    <a href="toBigImg" class="imgtarget">sometext</a>

    <script>
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $('div.imgtumb img').click(function() {
            $('a.imgtarget').click();
            });
        });
    </script>

The link not work (dont open a big image). What i do wrong?

----Edited---- Thank you guys, but .trigger() is not working too. I resolved this problem something like this:

$(document).ready(function() {
            $('div.imgtumb img').click(function() {
            window.location.href = $('a.imgtarget').attr("href");
            });
        });

----Edited 2--- Question which explained why .click() is not working with a tag

and I found a topic which explained why .click() is not working with tag - [link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1694595/can-i-call-jquery-click-to-follow-an-a-link-if-i-havent-bound-an-event-hand) — GrigorTaff, Apr 18 '13 at 11:22
I meant include the URL to the topic :-) If you get 15 reputation you can turn your edit into [an answer to your own question](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/132886/what-is-this-answer-your-own-question-jazz). — cmbuckley, Apr 18 '13 at 15:23

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 18 '13 at 10:01

try this:

<script>
    $(document).ready(function() {
        $('div.imgtumb img').click(function() {
        $('a.imgtarget').trigger('click');
        });
    });
</script>

the event trigger is the event to make another event to an element

http://api.jquery.com/trigger/

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '13 at 10:02

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use trigger()

. A call to .trigger() executes the handlers in the same order they would be if the event were triggered naturally by the user:

try this

$('a.imgtarget').trigger('click');

instead of

 $('a.imgtarget').click();

answered Apr 18 '13 at 10:02

bipen

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 18 '13 at 10:03

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try to use this instead of .click()

window.open(
  'toBigImg',
  '_blank'
);

answered Apr 18 '13 at 10:03

Superboleta

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How to activate event by clicking on another element

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