jQuery Event Methods allow you to attach a function to an event handler for the selected elements. jQuery event methods represents the action that perform for a specific times. Following are jQuery event methods
jQuery Method | Description |
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bind() | Attach one or more event handlers to elements Deprecated in jQuery 3.0. Use the on() method instead of this |
blur() | This event occurs when an element loses a focus |
change() | This event occurs when the value has been changed on selected element. Works only for <input> , <textarea> , and <select> elements |
click() | This event occurs when an element is clicked |
dblclick() | This event occurs when an element is double clicked |
delegate() | This event occurs when attaches one or more event handlers for specific elements that are child of selected elements Deprecated in jQuery 3.0. Use the on() method instead of this |
die() | This method removes one or more event handlers, used with the live() method, for the selected elements Removed in jQuery 1.9 |
error() | This event occurs when selected element occur an error for example element not loaded correctly Removed in jQuery 3.0 |
event.pageX | This event occurs when mouse position relative to the left edge of the document |
event.pageY | This event occurs when mouse position relative to the top edge of the document |
event.timeStamp | When the event is triggered, it will returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 |
event.which | When the event is triggered, it will returns the number of which keyboard key or mouse button was pressed |
focus() | This event occurs when selected element gets focus |
focusin() | This event occurs when selected element or any elements inside it gets focus |
focusout() | This event occurs when selected element or any elements inside it loses focus |
hover() | This event occurs when the mouse pointer hovers over the selected elements |
keydown() | This event occurs when a keyboard key is on way to press down |
keypress() | This event occurs when a keyboard key is pressed down |
keyup() | This event occurs when a keyboard key is released up |
live() | This event occurs when attaches one or more event handlers for selected elements and execute specified function Removed in jQuery 1.9 |
load() | This event occurs when a specified element has been loaded Removed in jQuery 3.0 |
mousedown() | This event occurs when a mouse button is pressed down on the selected element |
mouseenter() | This event occurs when a mouse pointer is enters into the selected element |
mouseleave() | This event occurs when a mouse pointer is leaves the selected element |
mousemove() | This event occurs when a mouse pointer moves with in the selected element |
mouseout() | This event occurs when a mouse pointer is leaves any child elements as well as the selected element |
mouseover() | This event occurs when a mouse pointer is enters into any child elements as well as the selected element |
mouseup() | This event occurs when a mouse button is released over the selected element |
ready() | This event occurs when the document object model (DOM) is fully loaded |
select() | This event occurs when a text is selected in a text field or textarea. |
submit() | This event occurs when a form is submitted. |
unload() | This event occurs when the user perform any page away action such as close window, page reload, forward/back buttons etc Removed in jQuery 3.0 |