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Click each button with the same ID

I have two buttons with the same ID:

<button type="submit" onclick="//do something" id="theID">button 1</button>

<button type="submit" onclick="//do something" id="theID">button 2</button>

I would like to click both the buttons using prototype. So far I've tried the following but it doesn't work.

$('theID').each(function(item) { 
   item.click();
});

How can I easily click both buttons using prototype?

Solution

  • I have two buttons with the same ID

    There's the problem. Use classes instead of IDs; by design and definition IDs must be unique. Stuff just plain won't work if they aren't.

    $('.clickable').each(function(item) { 
   item.click();
});

    And

    <button type="submit" class="clickable">button 1</button>

<button type="submit" class="clickable">button 2</button>