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HTML

<div class="MenuItem">Item1</div>
<div class="MenuItem">Item2</div>

JavaScript

$('.MenuItem').click(function() {
 document.writeln($(this).html() + ' was clicked');   
});

//I want to trigger click and identify the item that has been clicked.  Normally, I just use
//the this object, but on a trigger I don't know how to assign this so .html() functions.

//This doesn't work as intended.  
$('.MenuItem').eq(1).click();