Click with KO simulated

HTML

<script src="http://knockoutjs.com/downloads/knockout-2.2.1.debug.js"></script>
<table>
    <tbody data-bind="foreach: orderItems">
        <tr class='datarow'>
            <td data-bind="text: whatever"></td>
            <td><a class='anchor' href='#' data-bind='click: function () { $root.save(whatever) }' >Text</a></td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

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<a href="#" onclick="javascript:$('.anchor').click();">Javascript Click</a>

JavaScript

var itemViewModel = function(name) {
    var self = this;
    self.whatever = ko.observable(name);
};

var ViewModel = function() {
    var self = this;
    self.save = function(id) {
        alert(id);
    }
    self.orderItems = ko.observableArray([
         new itemViewModel("first"),
        new itemViewModel("second"),
        new itemViewModel("third")
    ]);
};

ko.applyBindings(new ViewModel());