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event.namespace

Categories: Event Object

event.namespaceReturns: String

Description: The namespace specified when the event was triggered.

  • event.namespace

    version added: 1.0

This will likely be used primarily by plugin authors who wish to handle tasks differently depending on the event namespace used.

  • Determine the event namespace used.

    HTML:
    
    <button>display event.namespace</button>
    <p></p>
    
    Code:
    
    $("p").bind("test.something", function(event) {
      alert( event.namespace );
    });
    $("button").click(function(event) {
      $("p").trigger("test.something");
    });