jQuery Tutorial Tutorials - jQuery .delegate() method

The .delegate() method in jQuery has been deprecated. Use the .on method instead.It was used to attach hanlders to elements events,now or in the future based on the set of root elements.

Use .undelegate() to remove the handler previously attached by .delegate().

jQuery .delegate() method Syntax

.delegate(selector,eventType,handler)
.delegate(selector,eventType,eventData,handler)
.delegate(selector,events)

jQuery .delegate() method Example

example

when the user clicks any paragraph in the div, shows its text contents as an alert.

$( "div" ).delegate( "p", "click", function() {
  alert( $( this ).text() );
});

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example

attach multiple events

$('body').delegate('#foo','mouseenter mouseleave', function() {
  $(this).toggleClass('entered');
});

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