jquery event: jQuery.Event can be instantiated without the 'new' keyword.

[jquery.git] / src / event.js

diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index 3302656..74bc1df 100644 (file)
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ jQuery.event = {
                                // jQuery.Event object
                                e[expando] ? e :
                                // Object literal
-                               jQuery.extend( new jQuery.Event(type), e ) :
+                               jQuery.extend( jQuery.Event(type), e ) :
                                // Just the event type (string)
-                               new jQuery.Event(type);
+                               jQuery.Event(type);
                                
                        e.target = e.target || elem;
                        e.currentTarget = elem;
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ jQuery.event = {
                // store a copy of the original event object
                // and "clone" to set read-only properties
                var originalEvent = event;
-               event = new jQuery.Event( originalEvent );
+               event = jQuery.Event( originalEvent );
 
                for ( var i = this.props.length, prop; i; ){
                        prop = this.props[ --i ];
@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@ jQuery.event = {
 };
 
 jQuery.Event = function( src ){
+       // Allow instantiation without the 'new' keyword
+       if( !this.preventDefault )
+               return new jQuery.Event(src);
+       
        // Event object
        if( src && src.type ){
                this.originalEvent = src;