Try this
I assume you used the word trigger NOT in a jQuery sense
http://docs.jquery.com/Events/trigger#typedata
jQuery(function($){ //document load/ready
myHandler();
$('#button').click(myHandler);
});
This code runs myHandler on document load.
The code runs myHandler when #button is clicked.
On Dec 15, 7:07 pm, Dave Methvin <dave.meth...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can bind the same handler to multiple events. It sounds like you
> are trying to "fake click" the button right after load to initialize
> things. I do that a lot.
>
> $(document).ready(function(){
>
> $('#mybtn').bind('click init', function(e){
> alert("called because of "+e.type);
> }).trigger("init");
>
> });
>
> You could also use .triggerHandler("click") instead, but I prefer to
> make it clear the call is because of initialization.
