Find out the registered methods for OnClick event?

Question

I have a simple input element :

  <input class="a" />     // <---notice - no inline onclick function

someone is doing

$(".a").on('click',function () {alert('1')});
// ...and later
$(".a").on('click',function () {alert('2')});

Now , I want to find : "which functions are executed when clicking the element" ?

How can I do it in Jquery/Javascript?

p.s. please ignore the anonymous functions here , I could also attach a regular named function .

(im using ( as jsbin shows , with 1.8.3 - the latest))

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2223777/jquery-can-i-get-a-reference-to-the-bound-events-on-an-element — eliah, Dec 19 '12 at 16:56
Be careful with that: since events bubble, the event's handler might not be the event's target. — zneak, Dec 19 '12 at 16:56
possible duplicate of [Querying the list of event listeners registered for a given event type](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3157969/querying-the-list-of-event-listeners-registered-for-a-given-event-type) — zneak, Dec 19 '12 at 16:58
@eliah it is not working. 9the solutions there). http://jsbin.com/apageb/3/edit — Royi Namir, Dec 19 '12 at 17:00
**it is not duplicate since its been removed in the latest version of jQuery** — Royi Namir, Dec 19 '12 at 17:01
@ToniToniChopper i didnt talk about the console. The answers on the duplicate doesnt work.( in jquery 1.8.3( — Royi Namir, Dec 19 '12 at 17:03

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 19 '12 at 17:00

3

Try this:

console.log($._data( $(".a")[0], "events" ));

answered Dec 19 '12 at 17:00

Esailija

Also note that this method has been recommended against by the jQuery devs for anything more than debugging. http://blog.jquery.com/2012/08/09/jquery-1-8-released/ – Kevin B Dec 19 '12 at 17:01
Thanks=Thanks+1.( i guess it is better than grep hhhhhh) – Royi Namir Dec 19 '12 at 17:20
@RoyiNamir http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQDtrD5xhHvIgBy7Xo4F57D-heg-p_8uteKtp4CmcBpXdok4DP3HE05YG5D – Esailija Dec 19 '12 at 17:21
what is the $ symbol? – yokus Jul 17 '23 at 08:16

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 19 '12 at 16:56

1

There is a way to do it with the current and older versions of jQuery, however it is internal and depreciated and will be going away soon.

console.log($(".a").data("events"));

answered Dec 19 '12 at 16:56

Kevin B

Ah, it has already been removed in the latest version of jQuery. The last version it worked in was 1.7.2. – Kevin B Dec 19 '12 at 16:59

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