We've definitely been looking into adding this - but for now we wanted to keep the API simple. Will try and tackle this for 1.3.2.
--John On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Mark Gibson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, I was browsing through the new jQuery code and noticed that .live() > always binds events to document. I was wondering whether it would be > more efficient to bind them on the context if present - ie. to prevent > events from unnecessarily bubbling all the way up to document. > > so that: > > $('button', container).live('click', function(ev) { > var button = this; > ... > ev.stopPropagation(); > }); > > events are bound to 'container', and the function prevents further > propagation. > > I know that this kind of thing can currently be done more efficiently > than using live like this: > > $(container).bind('click', function(ev) { > var button = $(ev.target).closest('button'); > ... > }); > > so wouldn't binding live on the context leverage live for more useful > situations like this, and take the strain off binding to document? > > I've not had chance to test this out, I thought I'd raise the issue > for discussion first before spending too much time on the matter. > Maybe I've completely overlooked something ;) > > Regards > - Mark Gibson > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
