Anchor Click via JavaScript with target

Simulating anchor tag click via plain javascript with custom target as well.

by Gaurav Gandhi

HTML

<a href="https://getbootstrap.com/" id="fooLinkID" target="_blank">Bootstrap is life !</a>

JavaScript

// Simulating click after 3 seconds
setTimeout(function(){
  document.getElementById('fooLinkID').click();
}, 3 * 1000);