Bind custom event with an element using 'bind'

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Bind custom event with an element using 'bind'
Posted on: August 3, 2010 at 12:00 AM

In this tutorial, we will discuss about how to bind a user define event with an element using 'bind ' function of jQuery.

Bind custom event with an element using 'bind'

In this tutorial, we will discuss about how to bind a user define event with an element using 'bind ' function of jQuery. In this example , we are firing an user defined event by button click. When we click on button , click event triggers user defined event "myCustomEvent", which in turn displays text message.

bindCustomEvent.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p { color:red; }
span { color:blue; }
</style>
<script src="jquery-1.4.2.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Has an attached custom event.</p>
<button>Trigger custom event</button>
<br><br><span style="display:none;"></span>
<script>

$("p").bind("myCustomEvent", function(e,myName, myValue){
$(this).text(myName + ", hi there!");
$("span").stop().css("opacity", 1)
.text("myName = " + myName)
.fadeIn(30).fadeOut(1000);
});
$("button").click(function () {
$("p").trigger("myCustomEvent", [ "John" ]);
});

</script>
</body>
</html>

OUTPUT

When we click on button :

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