Trigger element's onclick method with JQuery [ASP.NET]

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Published on 2010-04-16T14:14:15Z Indexed on 2010/04/16 14:23 UTC
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I have an ASP.NET server control that inherits from CheckBoxList that renders the controls with a UL and LIs. The control is set to AutoPostBack.

Markup:

<div id="foo">
    <ul>
        <li>
            <input type="checkbox" 
                   onclick="javascript:setTimeout('__doPostBack(..."
                   ... />
            <label ... />
        </li>
    </ul>
</div>

I would like to trigger the JavaScript that is rendered on the CheckBox when the parent LI is clicked. Here is what I have so far:

$("#foo li").click(function() {
    $(this).find("input:eq(0)").trigger("click");
});

This fires a postback in FF 3.x but the event handler in the codebehind is not fired. In IE 7 a script error comes up and the browser just kind of hangs there for a bit then reloads the page.

How should I be doing this?

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