Question

Can i use jQuery unbind() with live()

e.g.

$(".content_media").unbind("touchstart").live("touchstart",function(){....});

If yes, what exactly does it mean? Basically I want to understand what does an unbind mean

I have a page where I bind elements on document ready…and in between there are AJAX callls which kind of rewrite the same elements…Now I expect them to behave similarly at all times..which is why I have used live()

Please correct me if there can be some exceptions here where the live() bindings won’t work..

Answer 1

Yes, you can use unbind()^Doc with live()^Doc as shown.

This code:

$(".content_media").unbind("touchstart").live("touchstart",function(){...

Unbinds any touchstart event-listeners that were set via jQuery bind(), then creates touchstart listeners for the current, and any future nodes with the content_media class.

Note that to stop listeners being set with live() you need to use die()^Doc.

Also, listeners set outside jQuery are not always affected by these means.