Add an event listener in jQuery

Question

I want to write the following js code as jQuery:

JS

  document.getElementById("aa").addEventListener("paste", pasteHandler); 

  function pasteHandler(e){.....}

I tried something like that, but it did not work:

jQuery

$("#aa").addEventListener("paste", pasteHandler); 

  function pasteHandler(e){.....}

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2398099/jquery-equivalent-of-javascripts-addeventlistener-method — AlieN, Apr 16 '14 at 16:56

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 16 '14 at 16:55

Use on:

$("#aa").on("paste", pasteHandler);

.on( events [, selector ] [, data ], handler(eventObject) )

Description: Attach an event handler function for one or more events to the selected elements.

Also, you can access the DOM element using $("#aa")[0] and then:

$("#aa")[0].addEventListener("paste", pasteHandler);

But that's useless because you can use the built-in jQuery method.

Add an event listener in jQuery

1 Answers1

`.on( events [, selector ] [, data ], handler(eventObject) )`