Does jQuery mobile need jQuery UI for virtual events?

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In the jQM documentation about virtual events, there is a phrase that is not clear to me:

This plugin extends jQuery's built-in method. If jQuery UI is not loaded, calling the .vclick() method may not fail directly, as the method still exists. However, the expected behavior will not occur."

http://api.jquerymobile.com/vclick/

Is this a typo, or is jQuery UI a requirement for using those virtual events?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 16 '14 at 14:03

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The phrase:

"This plugin extends jQuery's built-in method. If jQuery UI is not loaded, calling the .vclick() method may not fail directly, as the method still exists. However, the expected behavior will not occur."

Indicates that whenever you call the .vclick() method without having the JQuery UI available it won't give an error or fail as the method .vclick() exists, but the required components aren't available, and thus the expected behaviour of .vclick() won't occur.

TL;DR: JQuery UI is required to use .vclick().

edited Dec 16 '14 at 14:03

Omar

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answered Dec 16 '14 at 13:57

Gerwin

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This is interesting. I played around in a fiddle and the console always report `$(...).vclick() is not a function`, whether jQuery UI is included or not. Maybe that part of the documentation is simply outdated. – Frédéric Hamidi Dec 16 '14 at 14:02
It could simply be that they never bothered to update it, or perhaps forgot about th .vclick() functiona dn deprecated it? – Gerwin Dec 16 '14 at 14:05
Maybe. In any case, this only applies to the `vclick()` method. Binding to the `vclick` event works with and without jQuery UI, so the questioner does not need to worry about virtual events. – Frédéric Hamidi Dec 16 '14 at 14:07
@Gerwin : The correct phrase in the doc should'nt be "this plugin extends jQuery UI's built-in method…" ? – Matthieu Dec 16 '14 at 14:11
@Frédéric Hamidi : You mean I don't need UI, or the contrary ? – Matthieu Dec 16 '14 at 14:12
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@Matthieu, you don't need it. – Frédéric Hamidi Dec 16 '14 at 14:13
Interesting ^^ thanks for the clarification Frédéric! – Gerwin Dec 16 '14 at 14:15

Does jQuery mobile need jQuery UI for virtual events?

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