Duplicate one element's event handlers onto another?

Question

How do you copy an event handler from one element to another? For example:

$(\'#firstEl\')
    .click(function() {
        alert(\"Handled!\");
         


        

Answer 1

You might be interested in the triggerHandler method

// here's where the magic happens 
//$('#secondEl').click = $('#firstEl').click; // ????
$('#secondEl').click(function() {
    $('#firstEl').triggerHandler('click');
});