Question

I have some code bound to the blur() event in jQuery:

$('input[type="text"]').blur(function () {
    ... some code ...
});

Is there a way to invoke this same code from another function in my javascript? Or, do I need to separate this code from the event binding in order to reuse it?

Answer 1

You can use .trigger to call the event.

For example:

$('input[type="text"]').trigger('blur');  // this would call the blur event
                                          // on all the elements