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rhinoo

jQuery bind handler vs 'click' event

in Using jQuery • 10 years ago

What would be the difference between setting up a click handler using .click() or binding the click handler:

$('.cancelButton').click(function() {
$('.dialog1').dialog('close');
});

$('.cancelButton').bind('click', function(){
$('.dialog1').dialog('close');
});

Obviously they both do the same thing, but is one better (in terms of speed or practice) or does it not matter at all which one you use? I usually use .click() to avoid the extra typing but I want to make sure I'm not missing anything.

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Kevin B

Re: jQuery bind handler vs 'click' event

10 years ago

it does not matter at all, .click calls the .bind method or the .trigger method based on how many arguments are passed in. it is more or less implemented like:

jQuery.fn.click = function( data, fn ) {
  if ( fn == null ) {
   fn = data;
   data = null;
  }

  return arguments.length > 0 ?
   this.bind( 'click', data, fn ) :
   this.trigger( 'click' );
};
I personally rather .bind().

-- Kevin

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