Answers for "jquery perform click"

jquery click function

$( "#target" ).click(function() {
  alert( "Handler for .click() called." );
});

trigger button click jquery

$("input").trigger("click");

jquery trigger

$( "#foo" ).on( "click", function() {
  alert( $( this ).text() );
});
$( "#foo" ).trigger( "click" );

$( "#foo" ).on( "custom", function( event, param1, param2 ) {
  alert( param1 + "\n" + param2 );
});
$( "#foo").trigger( "custom", [ "Custom", "Event" ] );

jquery on click function

//1st way
$(".searchCategory").click(function () {
  //your code here
});

//2nd way
$(".searchCategory").on( "click",getCategory);	// getCategory is a function but don't need the pharenthesis
//if you write getCategory() instead of getCategory when getCategory is a function with no pharamenters it might not work