I have code like 

   1: var link = document.getElementById("myLink");

   2: link.click();

and it is working in all browsers (really tested in IE8 and FF9) but not in Chrome.

 

Stackoverflow has three questions about this issue without workaround.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5015893/onclick-parent-getelementbyid-click-not-working-in-chrome

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1938356/chrome-browser-action-click-not-working

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7857289/click-not-working-in-chrome

People speak about some security limits.

And voila – solution: 

   1: var link = document.getElementById("myLink"); //existing code

   2: $(link).click();

or pure jQuery style:

   1: $("#myLink").click();

jQuery rules!!

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