jQuery 1.6: jQuery.Event contstructor to support setting properties

[rwaldron]

Copied directly from jQuery 1.6 Roadmap:

Fix $.Event contstructor to support setting properties on the new event (not just pushing them into the originalEvent), something like $.Event({ type: "keydown", keyCode: 64 })

I couldn't find a ticket for this, if anyone knows of one that exists, please cross-ref

[rwaldron]

Found References:

http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/7900

http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/7808

From 7808, updated:

 http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/65Zjp/3/

(use:  http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/65Zjp/3/show/ - In a browser that supports native drag/drop, drop a file from your desktop into the box)

[rwaldron]

Draft:  https://github.com/rwldrn/jquery/commits/eventprops.1.6v2

Proof of concept:  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3531958/8753.html

[rwaldron]

Usage and explanation of syntax:

 http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/dWsdV/1/show/

 http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/dWsdV/1/

[rwaldron]

The resulting enhancement subsequently provides a means to "fix" an event object as well as override event object properties

A case that will be directly benefit from this:

 https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/blob/master/ui/jquery.ui.widget.js#L324-353

[rwaldron]

Per review recommendations

 https://github.com/rwldrn/jquery/tree/eventprops.1.6v3

 https://github.com/rwldrn/jquery/commit/c65ef9be059188b6725a3fa11ad65dd86a9eecc6

Updated:

 http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/P6nqA/4/show/

 http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/P6nqA/4/

[rwaldron]

In summation, this will allow us to depart from recommending that specified event properties (that can be found on event.originalEvent) be added by calling jQuery.event.props.push(prop). By calling jQuery.Event( type, props ), props will be available directly from the event object argument, with a value either specified by the dev (props) or copied from event.originalEvent. This "property adoption" will only be granted to the specified event type, saving all other event types from being required to copy any more properties than is actually needed of them.

[rwaldron]

Nix everything above. Simplified version here, does exactly and only what the proposal requested:

 https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/301

[john]

Landed.