Question

I have some functionality which is bound to a click event:

$('.addButton').live('click', function(){  
 //stuff here...
});

Sometimes the function is called by an actual button click, and sometimes using trigger(). Is there a way to detect which method has been used?

Thanks!

Answer 1

See this: http://api.jquery.com/category/events/event-object/

$('.addButton').live('click', function(e){ 
    if(e.which != undefined){
         //actual button click
    }
    else{
         //trigger
    }
});

See example here: http://jsfiddle.net/expertCode/d5SW2/