use an href to click a checkbox to fire an event

I have some code that looks like this:

$('#clearSelections').click(function(e) {
    $("#isAcheckbox").removeAttr("checked");
    redrawTableofListings();
});     


<a href="#" id="clearSelections">clear selections</a>

<input type="checkbox" id="isAcheckbox" checked>

// when the user clicks on the checkbox, doSomeThing happens.

basically, when the user clicks on the href, i want to use jquery to make the href handle the checkbox the same way as though the user just put a check in the checkbox.

Does this make sense? When I use "r开发者_运维问答emoveAttr" it just removes the checkbox, and doesen't redraw the form.

Thanks in advance! and be safe with fireworks this weekend!

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It seems you always want to deselect the checkbox when the link is clicked (at least this is what I infer by the text clear selections). Then this will do it:

$('#clearSelections').click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault(); // don't follow the link
    $("#isAcheckbox").prop("checked", false);
    redrawTableofListings();
});

DEMO

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Use

$("#isAcheckbox").trigger('click');