Is there any specific reason that context is set to the element for $(elem)?
Could it not be document unless an alternative is given: $(elem, context)
Index: src/core.js
===================================================================
--- src/core.js (revision 6520)
+++ src/core.js (working copy)
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
// Handle $(DOMElement)
if ( selector.nodeType ) {
- this.context = this[0] = selector;
+ this[0] = selector;
+ this.context = context || document;
this.length++;
return this;
}
-- Mark
2009/7/28 John Resig <jere...@gmail.com>:
> Yeah, it broke other stuff as well, already backed out.
>
> --John
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Mark Gibson <jollyt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Any event handlers that follow this pattern no longer work:
>>
>> $('.container').bind('click', function(event) {
>> $(event.target).closest('.clickable').doSomething();
>> });
>>
>> as the context is set to event.target
>>
>> Demo:
>> http://jsbin.com/ataxe
>>
>> Ticket:
>> http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/4986
>>
>>
>
>
> >
>
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