synthetic click() rather than use href attr?

[dgoldenichec]

I experimented with switching to synthesizing clicks rather than relying on href. This allowed me to dirty_stopper() elements that didn't or aren't supposed to have href attributes, such as form input submit buttons, not just a. It seemed to work, though n.b. the below doesn't address a bunch of cases (like clicking not actually ultimately navigating away...). The href approach might be more robust.

--- /usr/local/src/dirty_form/jquery.dirtyform.js       2009-09-09 12:10:52.000000000 +0100
+++ jquery.dirtyform.js 2010-02-03 12:55:05.000000000 +0000
@@ -173,19 +173,22 @@
           }
         })
       } else {
         stopper.unbind('click.dirty_form')
         stopper.bind('click.dirty_form', function(event){
           if($('.dirtyform').are_dirty()) {
             event.preventDefault();
             var div = $("
").appendTo(document.body),
-                href = $(this).attr('href');
+                element = $(this);
             div.dialog($.extend({buttons: {
-                  Proceed:function(){window.location = href},
+                  Proceed:function(){
+                      element.unbind('click.dirty_form');  // n.b. assumes proceeding navs away.
+                      element.trigger('click');
+                  },
                   Cancel:function(){$(this).dialog('destroy').remove(); return false}
                 }
               }, settings.dialog)).dialog("moveToTop").append(settings.message);
           }
         });
       }
     });
   }