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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Click a link whose event we intercept</title>
</head>
<body>
<a id="untrusted-only" href="https://example.com/" target="_blank">This is a link, works only with untrusted events</a><br>
<input id="fire-untrusted" type=button value="Click me to trigger an untrusted event"><br><br>
<a id="fire-targetless-link" href="unused">Click me (dispatch untrusted event to link without href)</a><br>
<a id="fire-button" href="unused">Click me (dispatch untrusted event to button)</a>
<script>
document.getElementById("test").addEventListener("click", originalClick => {
const newLink = document.createElement("a");
newLink.setAttribute("rel", "noreferrer");
newLink.setAttribute("target", "_blank");
document.body.appendChild(newLink);
const evt = document.createEvent('MouseEvent');
evt.initMouseEvent(
"click", true, true, window, 0,
originalClick.screenX, originalClick.screenY, originalClick.clientX, originalClick.clientY,
originalClick.ctrlKey, originalClick.altKey, originalClick.shiftKey, originalClick.metaKey,
originalClick.button, originalClick.relatedTarget
);
newLink.dispatchEvent(evt);
originalClick.preventDefault();
originalClick.stopPropagation();
});
document.getElementById("untrusted-only").addEventListener("click", ev => {
if (ev.isTrusted) {
ev.preventDefault();
}
});
document.getElementById("fire-untrusted").addEventListener("click", () => {
document.getElementById("untrusted-only").dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent("click"));
});
function handleTargetless(e) {
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
const buttonOrLink = e.target.id.includes("button") ? "button" : "a";
const newElement = document.createElement(buttonOrLink);
document.body.appendChild(newElement);
const evt = document.createEvent("MouseEvent");
evt.initMouseEvent("click", true, true, window, 0, e.screenX, e.screenY,
e.clientX, e.clientY, e.ctrlKey, e.altKey, e.shiftKey,
e.metaKey, e.button, e.relatedTarget);
newElement.dispatchEvent(evt);
newElement.remove();
setTimeout(() => {
window.open();
}, 0);
}
document.getElementById("fire-targetless-link").addEventListener("click", handleTargetless);
document.getElementById("fire-button").addEventListener("click", handleTargetless);
</script>
</body>
</html>