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jQuery Events

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Summary

jQuery events are a way of handling user interactions like clicks, mouse movements, and keyboard buttons. Each event has a special method such as click() and keydown(), and all of them can be rewritten with a more flexible on(). With on(), one hand can be used for many types of events as well as special events such as hover().

Key points

Common event: click, dblclick, mouseenter, mouseleave, keydown, submit
The callback function runs whenever an incident occurs.
The on() method is a common and flexible way to set up many events
This in the callback indicates the element that triggers the event
Event can be prevented by preventDefault() for example on submit form

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