$(window).on() breaks in IE

[Joey Baker <joey@…>]

I've got a set of code that uses the new .on(), which I'd like to bind to the window. However, the event fails to trigger in < IE9. Example code:

This works just fine in IE

$('body').on('click', '.class', function(e){ //this really should be window instead of 'body', but IE would break
    // do stuff
} 

This only works in FF, webkit:

$(window).on('click', '.class', function(e){ 
    // do stuff
} 

[dmethvin]

Why do you want to bind a delegated event to window? Read the description of event delegation in the API docs for .on(), it doesn't make sense to do that.

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[sindresorhus]

#11096 is a duplicate of this ticket.

[anonymous]

I ran into the same issue using IE10 in Compatibility View / Document Mode: IE7 Standards.

Did not work:

$(window).on('click', '.class', function () { ( ... )

Does work:

$('body').on('click', '.class', function () { ( ... )

[dmethvin]

And again, to be clear, using $(window) for delegated events is wrong and was never supported.