trigger()

Triggers the specified event on the supplied dabby collection. If the event is a native javascript event, it will be triggered along with any event handlers that are bound.

Usage

$(selector).trigger(event[, data]);

event

A string containing a Javascript event.

data

An array containing any additional data to pass to the receiving event handlers. When using $.fn.on(), each item in the array will be passed as an additional parameter.

Returns

The original dabby collection.

Example

const obj = $("a");
obj.trigger("click"); // trigger a click event

// add an event handler and immediately trigger it
obj.on("click", e => alert(e.type)).trigger("click"); // alert("click")

// use custom data
obj.on("click", (e, param1 param2) => console.log(e.type, param1, param2)).trigger("click", ["foo", "bar"]); // "click", "foo", "bar"

Differences to jQuery

The native event is used instead of the proprietory jQuery.event object.

The data parameter only supports an array to be passed to it, not an object which jQuery also allows.