From 2d1b9b391eadc979fb0988a76055ab5397e8b55f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?J=C3=B6rn=20Zaefferer?= <joern.zaefferer@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 22:14:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Widget delegation: First draft

---
 ui/jquery.ui.widget.js | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js b/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
index 00bc07c4f..1c01ef7c9 100644
--- 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 );
+	        }
 		});
 	},
 
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