If you want to be safe while using "custom event"'s, use
triggerHandler instead of trigger. (see
http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev/msg/85b3e1e8c5bc2d4d)
--
Yoan
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:42 PM, John Resig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> No, that's what I meant - jQuery works with regular plain JavaScript
> objects - NOT just DOM elements.
>
> Go ahead and give your example a try, it'll work.
>
> --John
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Rainaer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> when you say $(someObject) You have to have a reference to that object
>> via id, class, or tag, meaning that jquery only has visibility into
>> the DOM.
>>
>> how would I do something like
>>
>> var someObject = {};
>> someObject.foo = "bar";
>> someObject.baz = function () { alert("hello world") };
>>
>> $(someObject).bind("someEvent", someFunc);
>> $(someObject).trigger("someEvent");
>>
>> if someObject is not a member of the DOM with a tag, class, or id?
>>
>> Forgive me, I'm still a newb to all of this.
>>
>> Robert Zumwalt.
>>
>> On Nov 14, 12:37 pm, "John Resig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> What is a "Data Object" or a "Data Element" - I'm unfamiliar with those
>>> terms.
>>>
>>> You can register events on regular JavaScript objects, with jQuery:
>>> $(someObject).bind("someEvent", someFn);
>>>
>>> and trigger them:
>>> $(someObject).trigger("someEvent");
>>>
>>> You can also bind data to objects:
>>> $(someObject).data("someData", "someValue");
>>>
>>> and track when they get changed using events:
>>> $(someObject).bind("setData", function(e, key, value){
>>> ... do some setting ...}).bind("getData", function(e, key){
>>>
>>> return ... some value ... ;
>>>
>>> });
>>>
>>> --John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Rainaer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Are there currently, or are there plans to impliment, event handling
>>> > on Data Objects like in Prototype such that you can register an
>>> > observe event on a data element to fire a trigger when the data is
>>> > changed?
>>>
>>> > Or is this something that I'll have to look to Prototype to impliment?
>>>
>>> > Thank you
>>>
>>> > Robert Zumwalt- Hide quoted text -
>>>
>>> - Show quoted text -
>> >
>>
>
> >
>
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