Using non-dom elements should work just fine. You'd rather not use the document as that could lead to unexpected memory leaks.
-- Ariel Flesler http://flesler.blogspot.com On Jan 6, 1:56 pm, Marcus Cavanaugh <marcuscavana...@gmail.com> wrote: > I noted that firing custom events seems to work on any object, for > instance: > > var myObject = {}; > $(myObject).bind(...) > $(myObject).triggerHandler(...) > > Simon Willison had written a tutorial that mentioned using "document" > instead for that purpose, and I seem to recall yet another mention of > using $("*") or something like that. > > What is the recommended best practice for custom events? Is it okay to > bind them to non-DOM javascript objects (and are there any downsides > to doing so)?
