Distill

Change the way you handle events with "Distill". Don't bind your events to domnodes. Let them bubble.

Update: Distill 1.2

Changelog 1.2: (by Mikko Wuokko 28/02/2008)

configurable which attribute to use for the match
configurable which attribute value to use (now the com_ prefix)
follow attribute which is handy with a tags and click event when you dont wan't to follow the link, but do your own stuff instead

Advantages

Distill's advantages above normal event binding are the following

Very fast
Easy to implement
No more memory leaks!

How to use Distill

Below you will find an example. This example needs the jQuery library.



HTML:
<button class="com_eventhandler">click me</button>

JS:
myhandlers.eventhandler.click = function() {
	alert("ok");
}

window.onload = function () {
	$.distill("click", myhandlers);
}