Widget delegation: First draft

diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js b/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
index 00bc07c4fec289428056dc2195b18dfe8a6acf76..1c01ef7c9baeffe94dcefcbbf0d459600867df62 100644 (file)
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
@@ -301,9 +301,10 @@ $.Widget.prototype = {
                        element = $( element );
                        this.bindings = this.bindings.add( element );
                }
+
                var instance = this;
                $.each( handlers, function( event, handler ) {
-                       element.bind( event + "." + instance.widgetName, function() {
+                       function handlerProxy() {
                                // allow widgets to customize the disabled handling
                                // - disabled as an array instead of boolean
                                // - disabled class as method for disabling individual parts
@@ -313,7 +314,15 @@ $.Widget.prototype = {
                                }
                                return ( typeof handler === "string" ? instance[ handler ] : handler )
                                        .apply( instance, arguments );
-                       });
+                       }
+               var match = key.match( /^(\w+)\s*(.*)$/ );
+               var eventName = match[1] + "." + instance.widgetName,
+                               selector = match[2];
+               if (selector === '') {
+                 element.bind( eventName, handlerProxy );
+               } else {
+                 element.delegate( selector, eventName, handlerProxy );
+               }
                });
        },