Simple programmatic trigger click
HTML
<input type="checkbox" id="foo">
<hr>
<button id="bar">
Checker
</button>
<hr>
<textarea id="baz">
</textarea>
JavaScript
$('#bar').on('click', function() {
$("#foo").prop('disabled', true);
alert("pause"); // alert, modal, dialog all break trigger event
$("#foo").prop('disabled', false).trigger('click');
});
$("input:checkbox").on("change", function() {
$("#baz").val("check completed!");
});