Merge branch 'widget-delegation'

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js b/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
index 59d110b6a..a66b8a54a 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js
@@ -305,9 +305,10 @@ $.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
@@ -317,7 +318,15 @@ $.Widget.prototype = {
 				}
 				return ( typeof handler === "string" ? instance[ handler ] : handler )
 					.apply( instance, arguments );
-			});
+			}
+			var match = event.match( /^(\w+)\s*(.*)$/ ),
+				eventName = match[1] + "." + instance.widgetName,
+				selector = match[2];
+			if ( selector ) {
+				element.delegate( selector, eventName, handlerProxy );
+			} else {
+				element.bind( eventName, handlerProxy );
+			}
 		});
 	},