JavaScript Tutorial/jQuery/triggerHandler
30. triggerHandler(type , data )
<source lang="javascript">
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#old").click(function(){
$("input").trigger("focus");
});
$("#new").click(function(){
$("input").triggerHandler("focus");
});
$("input").focus(function(){
$("Focused!").appendTo("body");
});
}); </script> </head> <body> <body> <button id="old">.trigger("focus")</button> <button id="new">.triggerHandler("focus")</button>
<input type="text" value="To Be Focused"/> </body>
</html></source>