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jQuery event.data Property

❮ jQuery Event Methods

Example

Return the data passed with the on() method for each <p> element:

$("p").each(function(i){
  $(this).on("click", {x:i}, function(event){
    alert("The " + $(this).index() + ". paragraph has data: " + event.data.x);
  });
});
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Definition and Usage

The event.data property contains the optional data passed to an event method when the current executing handler is bound.


Syntax

event.data

Parameter Description
event Required. The event parameter comes from the event binding function

❮ jQuery Event Methods