unbind() Namespace Bug

[markp@…]

I was working with 2 event handlers and wanted to make sure I removed them before creating any news ones, so that multiples were never created.

The code I used has been simplified but was similar to:

// To unbind both events before creating new ones
$(this).unbind(".jpRepeat.jpNext");

$(this).bind("someEvent.myProject.jpRepeat", function () {
  // Repeat
});
$(this).bind("someEvent.myProject.jpNext", function () {
  // Next
});

This was not removing both the events through the namespace. It was removing neither.

Changing it to this worked:

$(this).unbind(".jpRepeat").unbind(".jpNext");

Reading the docs suggests that both ways should have the same effect.

[markp@…]

Added a fiddle example: ​http://jsfiddle.net/6kStJ/

[Rick Waldron]

Confirmed. ​http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/6Tp4h/

[Rick Waldron]

I just updated the fiddle above, it turns out this actually never worked.

Here it is, not working in...

• jQuery 1.2.6 ​http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/6Tp4h/6/
• jQuery 1.3.2 ​http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/6Tp4h/5/
• jQuery 1.4.4 ​http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/6Tp4h/7/
• jQuery 1.5.2 ​http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/6Tp4h/8/

I'll update the docs accordingly

[Rick Waldron]

Updated ​http://api.jquery.com/unbind