jquerybindlive

What is the difference between the bind and live methods in jQuery?

I'm curious to know the differences between the bind and live functions.

To me they seem to be almost identical.

I read the benefits of live/bind methods, but it didn't tell me about the differences...

Thanks!

Solution

  • .bind() attacheds events to elements that exist or match the selector at the time the call is made. Any elements created afterwards or that match going forward because the class was changed, will not fire the bound event.

    .live() works for existing and future matching elements. Before jQuery 1.4 this was limited to the following events: click, dblclick mousedown, mouseup, mousemove, mouseover, mouseout, keydown, keypress, keyup