Basic Usage
Viva is is a drop-in replacement/extension for jQuery's live function
(as it internally uses live anyway). Viva keeps track of all the various
event bindings - when a given event is triggered, Viva will select the
most specific (as defined by the the CSS3 spec
http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#specificity) selector that is
applicable to the event target. If no selectors match the target, then
no eventHandler is called.
$(selector).viva(eventName, function(){});
We can also bind multiple events to the same eventHandler
$(selector).viva(eventName1, eventName2, eventNameN, function(){});
Additionally, we can bind multiple events simultanously by passing an object where the keys are events and the values and eventHandlers.
$(selector).viva({
event1: function(event){...do something...},
event2: function(event){...do something else...}
});
When the eventHandler is called, it will receive the event as the first
argument. this will be set to $(event.target).
Example
<div class="red">Red</div>
<div class="green">Green</div>
<div class="blue">Blue</div>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$('div').viva('click',function(){console.log("You clicked a div")});
$('div.green').viva('click',function(){console.log("You clicked a GREEN div")});
</script>
Clicking the 'red','green' and 'blue' divs in order will yield the following:
You clicked a div
You clicked a GREEN div
You clicked a div
See example/example.html for additional examples.
Finding Specific Handlers
If you would like to find a specific eventHandler, you can use find.
$.viva.find(eventOrEventName,selectorOrjQueryObject)
If an eventHandler exists for the given event and selector, it will be returned. Unlike the standard viva behavior, the selector must be an exact match. For example if you bind
$.viva("ul > li", ...)
The follow will NOT return the eventHandler to the aforementioned binding
$.viva.find("li")
The selector must be typed exactly as it was bound:
$.viva.find("ul > li")
License
(The MIT License)
Copyright © 2011 Asher Van Brunt (asher@okbreathe.com). All rights reserved. All Rights Reserved.
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