[javascript] How to simulate a click by using x,y coordinates in JavaScript?

Is it possible to use given coordinates in order to simulate a click in JavaScript within a webpage?

it doenst work for me but it prints the correct element to the console

this is the code:

function click(x, y)
{
    var ev = new MouseEvent('click', {
        'view': window,
        'bubbles': true,
        'cancelable': true,
        'screenX': x,
        'screenY': y
    });

    var el = document.elementFromPoint(x, y);
    console.log(el); //print element to console
    el.dispatchEvent(ev);
}
click(400, 400);

For security reasons, you can't move the mouse pointer with javascript, nor simulate a click with it.

What is it that you are trying to accomplish?

This is just torazaburo's answer, updated to use a MouseEvent object.

function click(x, y)
{
    var ev = new MouseEvent('click', {
        'view': window,
        'bubbles': true,
        'cancelable': true,
        'screenX': x,
        'screenY': y
    });

    var el = document.elementFromPoint(x, y);

    el.dispatchEvent(ev);
}

Yes, you can simulate a mouse click by creating an event and dispatching it:

function click(x,y){
    var ev = document.createEvent("MouseEvent");
    var el = document.elementFromPoint(x,y);
    ev.initMouseEvent(
        "click",
        true /* bubble */, true /* cancelable */,
        window, null,
        x, y, 0, 0, /* coordinates */
        false, false, false, false, /* modifier keys */
        0 /*left*/, null
    );
    el.dispatchEvent(ev);
}

Beware of using the click method on an element -- it is widely implemented but not standard and will fail in e.g. PhantomJS. I assume jQuery's implemention of .click() does the right thing but have not confirmed.