Index: src/ajax.js
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--- src/ajax.js	(revision 6522)
+++ src/ajax.js	(working copy)
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 		// Request the remote document
 		jQuery.ajax({
 			url: url,
+			target: self,
 			type: type,
 			dataType: "html",
 			data: params,
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@
 
 		// Watch for a new set of requests
 		if ( s.global && ! jQuery.active++ ) {
-			jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxStart" );
+			trigger( "ajaxStart" );
 		}
 
 		// Matches an absolute URL, and saves the domain
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@
 		if ( s.beforeSend && s.beforeSend(xhr, s) === false ) {
 			// Handle the global AJAX counter
 			if ( s.global && ! --jQuery.active ) {
-				jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxStop" );
+				trigger( "ajaxStop" );
 			}
 
 			// close opended socket
@@ -364,7 +365,7 @@
 		}
 
 		if ( s.global ) {
-			jQuery.event.trigger("ajaxSend", [xhr, s]);
+			trigger("ajaxSend", [xhr, s]);
 		}
 
 		// Wait for a response to come back
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@
 
 					// Handle the global AJAX counter
 					if ( s.global && ! --jQuery.active ) {
-						jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxStop" );
+						trigger( "ajaxStop" );
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -461,6 +462,15 @@
 			onreadystatechange();
 		}
 
+		function trigger(event, data) {
+			// if a target element was specified, trigger on that
+			if ( s.target ) {
+				$(s.target).trigger(event, data);
+			} else {
+				jQuery.event.trigger(event, data);
+			}
+		}
+
 		function success(){
 			// If a local callback was specified, fire it and pass it the data
 			if ( s.success ) {
@@ -469,7 +479,7 @@
 
 			// Fire the global callback
 			if ( s.global ) {
-				jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxSuccess", [xhr, s] );
+				trigger( "ajaxSuccess", [xhr, s] );
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -481,12 +491,12 @@
 
 			// The request was completed
 			if ( s.global ) {
-				jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxComplete", [xhr, s] );
+				trigger( "ajaxComplete", [xhr, s] );
 			}
 
 			// Handle the global AJAX counter
 			if ( s.global && ! --jQuery.active ) {
-				jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxStop" );
+				trigger( "ajaxStop" );
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -502,7 +512,7 @@
 
 		// Fire the global callback
 		if ( s.global ) {
-			jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxError", [xhr, s, e] );
+			trigger( "ajaxError", [xhr, s, e] );
 		}
 	},