Events

Events Responding to user actions in awesome ways

Every DOM element has events that can trigger JavaScript.

Example Events • Mouse click • Mouse over and out
• Page or image load • Form submit • Keyboard keystroke

Inconsistent Across Browsers http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/events/index.html

jQuery Events Events without the cross-browser hangover

ready Binds a function to be executed when the DOM
is ready to be traversed and manipulated http://docs.jquery.com/Events/ready

// stuff right here will run immediately $(document).ready(function() { //
anything in here will only // run when the page first loads }); // stuff right here will run immediately

This is needed when you run JavaScript that is in
different ﬁles or in the <head> of your HTML document.

Demos http://teaching.johnnunemaker.com/capp-30550/examples/page-load-win/ http://teaching.johnnunemaker.com/capp-30550/examples/page-load-fail/ http://teaching.johnnunemaker.com/capp-30550/examples/page-load-from-external-javascript/

Mouse and Keyboard Related Events click, double click, keydown, keyup,
keypress, mousedown, mouseenter, mouseleave, mousemove, mouseout, mouseover, mouseup, scroll

bind Bind a function to an event for all matched
elements. http://docs.jquery.com/Events/bind

get all a elements and bind to their click event
the anonymous function. $('a').bind('click', function(event) { alert('You just clicked a link!'); });

$('a').bind('click', function(event) { this; // clark kent DOM element just
like .each $(this); // superman jQuery object });

jQuery Event Object Normalizes event object across browsers. Guaranteed to
be ﬁrst argument to every bound function. http://docs.jquery.com/Events/jQuery.Event

$('a').bind('click', function(event) { event; }); $('a').bind('click', function(evt) { evt; });
$('a').bind('click', function(e) { e; }); Name it whatever you want, these are the common ones. event, evt, e

Event Shortcuts

click Binds a function to the click event of each
matched element http://docs.jquery.com/Events/click#fn http://teaching.johnnunemaker.com/capp-30550/examples/click-event/

$('#foo').click(function(event) { alert('foo was clicked!'); }); $('#foo').bind('click', function(event) { alert('foo
was clicked!'); }); These are the same thing

double click Binds a function to the double click event
of each matched element http://docs.jquery.com/Events/dblclick#fn http://teaching.johnnunemaker.com/capp-30550/examples/double-click-event/

$('#foo').dblclick(function(event) { alert('foo was double clicked!'); }); $('#foo').bind('dblclick', function(event) {
alert('foo was double clicked!'); });

keypress Binds a function to the keypress event for each
matched element http://docs.jquery.com/Events/keypress#fn http://teaching.johnnunemaker.com/capp-30550/examples/keypress-event/

$('#foo').keypress(function(event) { alert('key pressed in #foo'); }); $('#foo').bind('keypress', function(event) {
alert('key pressed in #foo'); });

mouseover/mouseout Bind a function to the mouseover or mouseout event
of each matched element. http://docs.jquery.com/Events/mouseover#fn http://docs.jquery.com/Events/mouseout#fn http://teaching.johnnunemaker.com/capp-30550/examples/mouseovermouseout/

$('#foo').mouseover(function(event) { alert('i haz ur mouse'); }); $('#foo').mouseover(function(event) { alert('ur
mouse escaped'); });

mousemove Bind a function to the mousemove event of each
matched element. http://docs.jquery.com/Events/mousemove#fn http://teaching.johnnunemaker.com/capp-30550/examples/mousemove-event/

$('#foo').mousemove(function(event) { $(this).text('x: ' + event.pageX + ' y: '
+ event.pageY); });

scroll Bind a function to when document view is scrolled
http://docs.jquery.com/Events/scroll#fn http://teaching.johnnunemaker.com/capp-30550/examples/scroll-event/

$(window).scroll(function(event) { alert('you scrolled'); });

Assignment11 http://teaching.johnnunemaker.com/capp-30550/sessions/jquery-events/

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Events Responding to user actions in awesome ways

Every DOM element has events that can trigger JavaScript.

Example Events • Mouse click • Mouse over and out

Inconsistent Across Browsers http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/events/index.html

jQuery Events Events without the cross-browser hangover

ready Binds a function to be executed when the DOM

// stuff right here will run immediately $(document).ready(function() { //

This is needed when you run JavaScript that is in

Demos http://teaching.johnnunemaker.com/capp-30550/examples/page-load-win/ http://teaching.johnnunemaker.com/capp-30550/examples/page-load-fail/ http://teaching.johnnunemaker.com/capp-30550/examples/page-load-from-external-javascript/

Mouse and Keyboard Related Events click, double click, keydown, keyup,

bind Bind a function to an event for all matched

get all a elements and bind to their click event

$('a').bind('click', function(event) { this; // clark kent DOM element just

jQuery Event Object Normalizes event object across browsers. Guaranteed to

$('a').bind('click', function(event) { event; }); $('a').bind('click', function(evt) { evt; });

Event Shortcuts

click Binds a function to the click event of each

$('#foo').click(function(event) { alert('foo was clicked!'); }); $('#foo').bind('click', function(event) { alert('foo

double click Binds a function to the double click event

$('#foo').dblclick(function(event) { alert('foo was double clicked!'); }); $('#foo').bind('dblclick', function(event) {

keypress Binds a function to the keypress event for each

$('#foo').keypress(function(event) { alert('key pressed in #foo'); }); $('#foo').bind('keypress', function(event) {

mouseover/mouseout Bind a function to the mouseover or mouseout event

$('#foo').mouseover(function(event) { alert('i haz ur mouse'); }); $('#foo').mouseover(function(event) { alert('ur

mousemove Bind a function to the mousemove event of each

$('#foo').mousemove(function(event) { $(this).text('x: ' + event.pageX + ' y: '

scroll Bind a function to when document view is scrolled

$(window).scroll(function(event) { alert('you scrolled'); });

Assignment11 http://teaching.johnnunemaker.com/capp-30550/sessions/jquery-events/