About the only reason is that the "bind()" function allows you to pass a block of data into the handler function. The shortcut functions only allow you to pass in a function.
For more info take a look at: http://jquery.bassistance.de/api-browser/#bindStringObjectFunction Karl Rudd On 3/6/07, agent2026 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What's a situation where you want to use .bind then? (still new at this) > > Adam > > > > Karl Rudd wrote: > > > > The click, blur, keyup, etc functions are just shortcuts. So instead of: > > > > $(...).bind( 'click', function... > > > > you can write: > > > > $(...).click( function... > > > > Karl Rudd > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/What-is-the-difference-in-functionality-between-bind%28%29-and-click-blur-keyup-etc%28%29--tf3352982.html#a9327987 > Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
