Jquery: Returning Value From Trigger

Question

I am using a trigger call a get a value from custom event but I want it to return a value and its only giving me Object Object when I do the following call:

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Answer 1

A trigger cannot return a response, because it's a callback method.

In addition jQuery have a fluid API, so .trigger() returns always $(this).
You can write $("#my_id").trigger(something).show().on(someelse)...