# Trigger built-in events from custom component

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trigger-built-in-events-from-custom-component/85587>\
**Category:** Module Development\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [February 12, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trigger-built-in-events-from-custom-component/85587 "2024-02-12T20:13:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Chad\_Gregory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/chad_gregory/32/51192_2.png) [@Chad\_Gregory](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chad_Gregory)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trigger-built-in-events-from-custom-component/85587/1 "2024-02-12T20:13:12Z")

</div>

I have been trying to figure out how to trigger all the built-in perspective events from a custom component. For example I may want to trigger the built-in onClick event.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/d/fd89f5abe98895e5da13c1f969742e1511e76d24.png)

Has anyone done this before? Are they just normal DOM events?