[javascript] Simulate Keypress With jQuery

Using jQuery, how can I simulate (trigger?) a KeyPress when a link is clicked? For example, when a user clicks the following link:

<a id="clickforspace" href="#">Click Here</a>

Then, by clicking the link, it would be as if they pressed the "spacebar" on their keyboard.

Something like this, I'm assuming:

$("#clickforspace").click(function(e) { 
    e.preventDefault(); 
    //... Some type of code here to initiate "spacebar" //
                                      });

Any ideas on how to achieve this?

Another option:

$(el).trigger({type: 'keypress', which: 13, keyCode: 13});

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

I believe this is what you're looking for:

var press = jQuery.Event("keypress");
press.ctrlKey = false;
press.which = 40;
$("whatever").trigger(press);

From here.

You could try this SendKeys jQuery plugin:

http://bililite.com/blog/2011/01/23/improved-sendkeys/

$(element).sendkeys(string) inserts string at the insertion point in an input, textarea or other element with contenteditable=true. If the insertion point is not currently in the element, it remembers where the insertion point was when sendkeys was last called (if the insertion point was never in the element, it appends to the end).

This works:

var event = jQuery.Event('keypress');
event.which = 13; 
event.keyCode = 13; //keycode to trigger this for simulating enter
jQuery(this).trigger(event);