jQuery: How do I use event.preventDefault() with custom events?

Question

How can I know in my triggering code that preventDefault has been called?

$(document).trigger('customEvent', params); if (/* ??? */)     doDefaultActions(); 

Answer 1

trigger() can also take an event object, so if you can create an event object, like so:

var event = jQuery.Event("customEvent"); $(document).trigger(event); 

then you can check after the trigger to see if preventDefault() has been called like so:

var prevented = event.isDefaultPrevented(); 

Answer 2

If you're asking how to find out whether or not the default has been prevented, use:

event.isDefaultPrevented()

This will return 'true' or 'false' based on whether or not preventDefault() was called.

EDIT: http://api.jquery.com/event.isDefaultPrevented/