I recently created an plugin/extension for jQuery to use the following
syntax for binding events.
$('input').bind('mouseover focus', fn);
So you can bind multiple event types to the same function quickly. It also
applies to .one and .unbind.
However, this got me thinking about writing a plugin that would allow us to
add new event types ... like mouseenter and mouseleave. So instead of using
.hover, you could do this:
$(...).bind('mouseenter', fn);
or
$(...).bind('mouseenter', fn1).bind('mouseenter', fn2);
or
$(...).unbind('mouseenter', fn1);
or
$(...).trigger('mouseenter');
etc...
So I'm curious about what the jQuery community thinks about this idea? I've
built out a proof-of-concept but it is by no means production ready. You can
see it in action here:
http://www.brandonaaron.net/jquery/plugins/events_extension/test/test.html
We could also hook up the mousewheel event in the same way.
$(...).bind('mousewheel', fn);
Are there other events that could be added/normalized with this plugin?
BTW ... Here is the blog post about binding multiple event types:
http://blog.brandonaaron.net/2007/06/05/bind-multiple-events-simultaneously-with-jquery/
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Brandon Aaron
