Exclamation mark doesn't work in trigger() when using event namespace in jQuery 1.9

Question

Here is the code:

$(\"div\").on(\"click\",function(){
       console.log(\"click\");
});
$(\"div\").on(\"click.plugin\", function(){
       console.log(\"cli         


        

Answer 1

Use .$ instead of !

$("button").click(function() {
      $("div").trigger("click.$");    
});

Demo _{[Credits: Tim B James]}