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What's the difference betweenonandliveorbind?
I've been noticing people referring to jQuery's .on() method to bind events. I looked up the documentation and it seems like it is new as of version 1.7. I was looking around and I was unable to find why I should use it and how it's different from just .bind(). Can I use .on() all the time now or is it for specific cases?
If anyone has any input or links explaining the difference, I would appreciate it.
You can use on for all event bindings now. As the documentation states:
As of jQuery 1.7, the .on() method provides all functionality required for attaching event handlers.
You can use it as you would have used bind:
$(elem).on("click", function() {
//Do stuff
});
You can also use it as you would have used delegate:
$(elem).on("click", "selector", function() {
//Do stuff
});
This blogpost discusses it to some extent: http://blog.jquery.com/2011/09/28/jquery-1-7-beta-1-released/
