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Event delegation refers to the use of a single event listener on a parent object to listen for events happening on its children (or deeper descendants). Event delegation allows developers to be sparse in their application of event listeners while still reacting to events as they happen on highly specific targets. This proves to be a key strategy for maintaining high performance in event-rich web projects, where the creation of hundreds of event listeners can quickly degrade performance. More on event delegation including examples.
This post illustrates the use of event delegation to create a “bubble” menu, inspired by Bedrich Rios’ post on Nettuts.
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