Trigger jQuery event with plain Javascript

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I know that it's not possible to handle a jQuery event with plain Javascript, but is it possible to trigger a jQuery event with plain Javascript?

Something like:

$('body').trigger('myevent', myvar);
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2 Answers

Yes, as JQuery is just a library of JS:

this

$('myElem').trigger('myevent');

is equivalent to:

elem.dispatchEvent(myevent);

The question would be: why you need to mix vanilla JS and JQuery?

user_118294080

Is this what you want?

document.body.addEventListener('event', myFunction); // add a listener for the event

function myFunction(event) { // this function will be called when the event happens
   // handle event
}
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