[Htmlunit-user] anchor's onclick's javascript doesn't get invoked when the anchor is clicked

[Michael <mi...@li...>]

Hi all,

In a html page I have a drop down list, each element being an anchor  
with an onclick javascript event. Something like the following:

<ul>
<li>
<a onclick="setStatusToPause(1); return false;" href="#">Pause</a>
</li>
<li>
<a onclick="setStatusToRun(8); return false;" href="#">Run</a>
</li>
</ul>

I get all anchors and click the one that sets status to pause:

			    List<HtmlAnchor> anchors =  
(List<HtmlAnchor>)htmlPage.getAnchors();

                             for(HtmlAnchor a : anchors) {
                                  
if(a.getOnClickAttribute().indexOf("setStatusToPause") != -1) {

                                     Page page = a.click();
                                     synchronized (page) {
                                         try {
                                             page.wait(5000);
                                         } catch (InterruptedException  
e) {
                                             logger.warn("failed to  
sleep");
                                         }
                                     }
                                     break;
                                 }
                             }

However, I verified that the javascript was never invoked. Any idea why?

Thanks!!