Question

I would like to create a plugin for jquery that doesn’t work with the dom. I therefore don’t need to use a jquery object from the $ function. I would like to make my own function called

$.shortcut(keys,action)

Icould probably just go

$.prototype.shortcut = function(){//my code}

but I would like to know if that’s the best way to go about this.

Answer 1

You just about have it already…

$.shortcut = function(keys, action) {
    // code
}

I prefer to wrap mine in an anon function and pass jQuery as a param though. It helps avoid naming conflicts and makes for easier minification.

(function($){
    $.shortcut = function(keys, action) {
        // code
    }
})(jQuery);