Trigger a custom event : trigger « jQuery « JavaScript Tutorial

<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
        
            
                $("div").bind("myCustomEvent", function(e, myName, myValue){
                  $(this).text(myName + ", hi there!");
                });
                $("button").click(function () {
                  $("div").trigger("myCustomEvent", [ "asdf" ]);
                });
            

               


        });
    </script>
<style>

  div { width:50px; height:70px; float:left; margin:5px;
        background:rgb(255,140,0); cursor:pointer; }
  
</style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
          <div>asdf</div>
          <button>bn</button>
                 
    </body>
</html>

30.108.trigger
	30.108.1.	Trigger Another Event
	30.108.2.	Triggered By Select Change Event
	30.108.3.	Trigger handler
	30.108.4.	Triggers the blur event of each matched element
	30.108.5.	Trigger Submit Event
	30.108.6.	Trigger a custom event
	30.108.7.	trigger(type , data )
	30.108.8.	To submit the first form without using the submit() function
	30.108.9.	Display a "Hello World!" alert box.