How do I trigger the Drop event with jQuery UI Droppable without actually dragging and dropping?

Question

I have a droppable with a drop event handler:

$(this).droppable({
  drop:function(){
    console.log('OMG You Dropped It!');
  }
});

I have a draggable:

$(this).draggable();

What I want to do is trigger the drop event handler on the droppable without actually dragging and dropping the draggable. I want to simulate the actual behavior without physically performing the behavior.

I thought something like this would do:

$(droppable).trigger('drop', [draggable]);

Unfortunately, it's not quite that simple. Does anyone know how I can accomplish this?

Answer 1

You should move the code in your drop handler to a separate function.
You can then call the function both in the handler and elsewhere.