Can bind custom events too.

Edit code and click me	Your Result (Some examples do not work in Google Chrome):
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("p").live("myCustomEvent", function(e, myName, myValue){ $(this).text("Hi there!"); $("span").stop().css("opacity", 1) .text("myName = " + myName) .fadeIn(30).fadeOut(1000); }); $("button").click(function () { $("p").trigger("myCustomEvent"); }); }); </script> <style> p { color:red; } span { color:blue; } </style> </head> <body> <p>Has an attached custom event.</p> <button>Trigger custom event</button> <span style="display:none;"></span> </body> </html>
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