JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<form id="form">
    <a>trigger form submission</a>
</form>
<br/>

<a id="a">trigger click event</a>

JavaScript

$("#form").submit(function() { alert("form has been submitted"); });
$("#a").click(function() { alert("hyperlink has been clicked"); });

document.getElementById("form").submit();
document.getElementById("a").click();