Trigger dayClick programmatically, for automated testing

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 1325

Consider the following code

$(".fc-day10:first").trigger("click")

I am expecting this to have the same effect as left clicking fc-day10 manually with
the mouse. However, it does not. I also tried:

$(".fc-day10:first").trigger("click", {"which": 1})

Looking at the code I am suspect I might have to use a combination like mousedown and
then mouseup. I would really like to be able to trigger dayClick programmatically for
testing.

Related is the following posts and stack overflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3931103/intergration-tests-for-fullcalendar
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6134708/selenium-click-not-working-on-some-anchor-elements

Reported by christiaan.vanzyl on 2012-03-04 12:08:57

[gustavogr]

Is there any update on this? We are struggling with the same problem that we cannot test the FC functionality in automated tests.

[evanjmg]

Any update on this? @arshaw - this is not hacky. All proper software development teams write end to end tests to test their applications. Selenium cannot click a full calendar date unless it simulates the mouse over and everything else which is kind of ridiculous. My workaround for this is (in protractor): browser.actions().mouseDown(element(by.css(arg))).mouseUp().perform()