Is it possible to run X event by clicking Y in jQuery(without accessing X)?

Question

Guess there is two click event X and Y.

$('X').on('click',function(){
    //some function here
});

and

$('Y').on('click',function(){
    //this will run the X event
});

Here,At the same time I don't have access of trigger X . So I need to run that function/event by clicking Y trigger.

Is it possible somehow?

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score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 27 '15 at 12:28

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You are looking for trigger:

$('Y').on('click',function(){
   $('X').trigger('click'); 
});

answered Nov 27 '15 at 12:28

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 27 '15 at 12:28

You can always use .trigger()

Execute all handlers and behaviors attached to the matched elements for the given event type.

$('Y').on('click',function(){
    $('X').trigger('click')
});

However, you can simply bind same event handler to both elements then you don't need to use the above method.

$('X, Y').on('click',function(){
    //Do something
});

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