*
* In most cases, you can define your event handlers as anonymous functions
* (see first example). In cases where that is not possible, you can pass additional
- * data as the second paramter (and the handler function as the third), see
+ * data as the second parameter (and the handler function as the third), see
* second example.
*
* @example $("p").bind("click", function(){
},
/**
- * Trigger a type of event on every matched element.
+ * Trigger a type of event on every matched element. This will also cause
+ * the default action of the browser with the same name (if one exists)
+ * to be executed. For example, passing 'submit' to the trigger()
+ * function will also cause the browser to submit the form. This
+ * default action can be prevented by returning false from one of
+ * the functions bound to the event.
+ *
+ * You can also trigger custom events registered with bind.
*
* @example $("p").trigger("click")
* @before <p click="alert('hello')">Hello</p>
* // when a normal click fires, a and b are undefined
* // for a trigger like below a refers too "foo" and b refers to "bar"
* }).trigger("click", ["foo", "bar"]);
- * @desc Example of how to pass arbitrary to an event
+ * @desc Example of how to pass arbitrary data to an event
*
- * @before <p click="alert('hello')">Hello</p>
- * @result alert('hello')
+ * @example $("p").bind("myEvent",function(event,message1,message2) {
+ * alert(message1 + ' ' + message2);
+ * });
+ * $("p").trigger("myEvent",["Hello","World"]);
+ * @result alert('Hello World') // One for each paragraph
*
* @name trigger
* @type jQuery
* (a common error in using a mouseout event handler).
*
* @example $("p").hover(function(){
- * $(this).addClass("over");
+ * $(this).addClass("hover");
* },function(){
- * $(this).addClass("out");
+ * $(this).removeClass("hover");
* });
*
* @name hover
* the response times of your web applications.
*
* In a nutshell, this is a solid replacement for using window.onload,
- * and attaching a function to that. By using this method, your bound Function
+ * and attaching a function to that. By using this method, your bound function
* will be called the instant the DOM is ready to be read and manipulated,
- * which is exactly what 99.99% of all Javascript code needs to run.
+ * which is when what 99.99% of all JavaScript code needs to run.
*
* There is one argument passed to the ready event handler: A reference to
* the jQuery function. You can name that argument whatever you like, and
* @example jQuery(function($) {
* // Your code using failsafe $ alias here...
* });
- * @desc Uses both the shortcut for $(document).ready() and the argument
+ * @desc Uses both the [[Core#.24.28_fn_.29|shortcut]] for $(document).ready() and the argument
* to write failsafe jQuery code using the $ alias, without relying on the
* global alias.
*
/**
* Trigger the submit event of each matched element. This causes all of the functions
- * that have been bound to thet submit event to be executed.
+ * that have been bound to that submit event to be executed, and calls the browser's
+ * default submit action on the matching element(s). This default action can be prevented
+ * by returning false from one of the functions bound to the submit event.
*
* Note: This does not execute the submit method of the form element! If you need to
* submit the form via code, you have to use the DOM method, eg. $("form")[0].submit();
*
* @example $("form").submit();
- * @desc Triggers all submit events registered for forms, but does not submit the form
+ * @desc Triggers all submit events registered to the matched form(s), and submits them.
*
* @name submit
* @type jQuery
/**
* Trigger the blur event of each matched element. This causes all of the functions
- * that have been bound to thet blur event to be executed.
+ * that have been bound to that blur event to be executed, and calls the browser's
+ * default blur action on the matching element(s). This default action can be prevented
+ * by returning false from one of the functions bound to the blur event.
*
* Note: This does not execute the blur method of the underlying elements! If you need to
* blur an element via code, you have to use the DOM method, eg. $("#myinput")[0].blur();
/**
* Trigger the select event of each matched element. This causes all of the functions
- * that have been bound to thet select event to be executed.
+ * that have been bound to that select event to be executed, and calls the browser's
+ * default select action on the matching element(s). This default action can be prevented
+ * by returning false from one of the functions bound to the select event.
*
* @example $("p").select();
* @before <p onselect="alert('Hello');">Hello</p>
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