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Asked: June 13, 20262026-06-13T23:49:36+00:00 2026-06-13T23:49:36+00:00

Looking to the bootstrap library I see that when using the .on function, the

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Looking to the bootstrap library I see that when using the .on function,
the event is written in this way:

  $(document).on('click.button.data-api', '[data-toggle^=button]', function (e) {
    // some code
  })

What is the purpose of writing the event as click.button.data-api instead of click ?
Is click enough?

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    2026-06-13T23:49:38+00:00Added an answer on June 13, 2026 at 11:49 pm

    "button" and "data-api" are the event namespaces, separated by . after the event name.

    Sure it would work with just a "click", but that will break unrelated code when bootstrap turns data API off with .off("click"). With namespaces, they can call .off("click.data-api") to remove only events that belong to the bootstrap data-api.

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