How to invoke mousemove with Javascript or jQuery code

Question

I know if you move mouse, that event will invoke however how can I invoke that event just with help of the code?

JavaScript's document.createEvent (example with mouse event included) and jQuery's trigger — Rob W
– Rob W, Commented Sep 5, 2012 at 19:34
As Rob says to fake the event, but as Roko says - it will not actually move the cursor, that is not available in browsers. — Orbling
– Orbling, Commented Sep 5, 2012 at 19:37
stackoverflow.com/questions/906486/… This should probably help you, it has been asked before. — fonZ
– fonZ, Commented Sep 5, 2012 at 19:41

marc_s · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-12 19:50:39Z

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Trigger event in jQuery can help you so much

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answered Sep 17, 2012 at 18:32

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Roko C. Buljan · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-05 19:36:11Z

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AFAIK you cannot move the user's mouse pointer if that was the question.
It would be called "mousejacking" ;)

Not sure why you ask, but,
if your goal is to simulate a click on another element you could do:

$('#element_1').click(function(){
    $('#element_2').click();
});

answered Sep 5, 2012 at 19:36

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norbitheeviljester · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-05 19:40:35Z

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If you have a jQuery element from which you want to fire an event you need the trigger method

var $t = jQuery('#idToElement');
$t.trigger('mousemove',['parameter1','parameter2']);

If you want to do this with pure javascript you need the createEvent function of the document object. You can find more about that here

answered Sep 5, 2012 at 19:40

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