jQuery Reference Manual - Events
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jQuery event methods
Event methods will trigger the event of the matching elements or bind a function to an event of all matching elements.
Trigger instance:
$("button#demo").click()
The example above will trigger the click event of the button element with id="demo".
Binding instance:
$("button#demo").click(function(){$("img").hide()})
The example above will hide all images when the button with id="demo" is clicked.
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| bind() | Attach one or more event handlers to the matching elements |
| blur() | Trigger or bind a function to the blur event of the specified element |
| change() | Trigger or bind a function to the change event of the specified element |
| click() | Trigger or bind a function to the click event of the specified element |
| dblclick() | Trigger or bind a function to the double click event of the specified element |
| delegate() | Attach one or more event handlers to the current or future child elements of the matching elements |
| die() | Remove all event handlers added through the live() function. |
| error() | Trigger or bind a function to the error event of the specified element |
| event.isDefaultPrevented() | Return whether event.preventDefault() was called on the event object. |
| event.pageX | The mouse position relative to the left edge of the document. |
| event.pageY | The mouse position relative to the top edge of the document. |
| event.preventDefault() | Prevent the default action of the event. |
| event.result | Contains the last value returned by the event handler triggered by the specified event. |
| event.target | The DOM element that triggered the event. |
| event.timeStamp | This property returns the number of milliseconds from January 1, 1970, to the time the event occurred. |
| event.type | Describe the type of the event. |
| event.which | Indicate which key or button was pressed. |
| focus() | Trigger or bind a function to the focus event of the specified element |
| keydown() | Trigger or bind a function to the key down event of the specified element |
| keypress() | Trigger or bind a function to the key press event of the specified element |
| keyup() | Trigger or bind a function to the key up event of the specified element |
| live() | Add one or more event handlers to the current or future matched elements |
| load() | Trigger or bind a function to the load event of the specified element |
| mousedown() | Trigger or bind a function to the mouse down event of the specified element |
| mouseenter() | Trigger or bind a function to the mouse enter event of the specified element |
| mouseleave() | Trigger or bind a function to the mouse leave event of the specified element |
| mousemove() | Trigger or bind a function to the mouse move event of the specified element |
| mouseout() | Trigger or bind a function to the mouse out event of the specified element |
| mouseover() | Trigger or bind a function to the mouse over event of the specified element |
| mouseup() | Trigger or bind a function to the mouse up event of the specified element |
| one() | Add an event handler to the matched elements. Each element can only trigger this handler once. |
| ready() | Document Ready Event (when the HTML document is ready and available) |
| resize() | Trigger or bind a function to the resize event of the specified element |
| scroll() | Trigger or bind a function to the scroll event of the specified element |
| select() | Trigger or bind a function to the select event of the specified element |
| submit() | Trigger or bind a function to the submit event of the specified element |
| toggle() | Bind two or more event handler functions to be executed when a click event occurs in turn. |
| trigger() | The specified event of all matched elements |
| triggerHandler() | The first matched element's specified event |
| unbind() | Remove an event handler added to the matched elements |
| undelegate() | Remove an event handler added to the matched elements, now or in the future |
| unload() | Trigger or bind a function to the unload event of the specified element |
See Also
Tutorial:jQuery Element Selector Syntax
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