Are there any pitfalls/ dangers to altering jquery's event object?
For example:
$('#myselector').trigger({type: 'click', myvariable: 'mycontent' })
The additional attribute 'myvariable' gets stored in the event object and I'm able to use it when handling the click event. However, this isn't explicitly outlined in the documentation anywhere - is this considered bad practice?
This is perfectly fine, and actually it is in the documentation http://api.jquery.com/trigger/ Notice the bit about 'extraParameters'
Trigger already allows for extra parameters to be passed to the event handler:
.trigger( eventType [, extraParameters] )
eventType A string containing a JavaScript event type, such as click or submit.
extraParameters Additional parameters to pass along to the event handler.
http://api.jquery.com/trigger/
So, you can do what you already have, or:
$('#myselector').trigger('click', { myvariable: 'mycontent' });
or:
$('#myselector').trigger('click', 'mycontent');
depending on how you want to handle the data.
