The .live() method uses event delegation under the hood. doing this:
$('a').live('click', function() {
// do something
});
is like doing this:
$(document).bind('click', function(event) {
if ($(event.target).closest('a').length) {
// do something
}
});
except that with .live() the selector engine does have to initially
traverse the DOM to find all of the <a> elements just by virtue of 'a'
being in the jQuery function. not sure, but that might be changing in
1.4. Also, I haven't had a chance to look yet, but 1.4 also might let
you pass in a context for .live() so you don't have to bind to
document each time.
--Karl
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Karl Swedberg
www.englishrules.com
www.learningjquery.com
On Dec 4, 2009, at 3:39 PM, MorningZ wrote:
Nah. Using .live() wires up one event handler to document.
--Karl
Doh, shame on me for my lack of facts on that ".live()"... i'll read
up on it some, as i usually, well always, take the delegation
route......
