Is there a variant of jQuery's live() function that does not bind to events?

Question

Is there a variant of jQuery's live() function that does not bind to events?

For example, I would like to do something like this:

$('.jdate').live(function() {
    var datebox = $(this);
    datebox.datepicker();
    //do a couple more things 
}

so all '.jdate' fields that are in the form and the ones that are added later through ajax are treated the same.

Answer 1

Checkout the jQuery livequery plugin^{what is this} for that purpose.

Answer 2

Although the livequery plugin that @jAndy (or should I say ^@jAndy) mentioned will work, I'd consider it to be a last resort because of the overhead it requires.

If you're adding new elements to the DOM, you should simply call the plugin on those new elements when you add them.

$.ajax({
    url:'/some/path/',
    success:function(resp) {
        var $resp = $( resp );
        $resp.find('.jdate').datepicker();
        $resp.appendTo('#myform');
    }
});