I'm trying to force mouseup event after mousedown

Question

elements[0].onmousedown = function(){
      console.log('screen clicked.');
      simulatemouseuphere;
};

All I need to do is add something in my function that triggers mouseup, even if the user is holding the click button down.

elements[0] is my entire page scope, so anywhere you click, it will trigger.

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure you can just call the onmouseup event...

elements[0].onmousedown = function(){
      console.log('screen clicked.');

      elements[0].onmouseup();
};

Keep in mind that when you actually physically stop holding the mouse down though, the mouseup event will be triggered again. (unless in the onmouseup() event you manage that)

Tested quickly, looks like it works: http://jsfiddle.net/cUCWn/40/

Answer 2

$("body").on("mousedown", function(e)
{
    e.type = "mouseup";
    $(this).trigger(e);
}).on("mouseup", function(e)
{
    console.info(e);
});

Or: https://stackoverflow.com/a/12724570/2625561

For pure JS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/Events/Creating_and_triggering_events#Triggering_built-in_events