CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

event listeners

function simulateClick() {
// Get the element to send a click event
const cb = document.getElementById("checkbox");

// Create a synthetic click MouseEvent
  let evt = new MouseEvent("click", {
    bubbles: true,
    cancelable: true,
    view: window
  });

// Send the event to the checkbox element
cb.dispatchEvent(evt);
}
document.getElementById("button").addEventListener('click', simulateClick);