Event handling is provided by an event handler which receives an object upon an event. The event handler specifies the type of event and executes a DOM element function to prevent the event’s effect.

We could assign it to a DOM handler, but there are issues associated with that. The jQuery method is both unobtrusive (as modern JavaScript should be), effective and cross-browser-compatible. We ...

Simplifying tasks such as HTML document traversal, animation, and event handling, the stalwart jQuery JavaScript library changed the face of web development. As of May 2019, ...