Events

Hook into any of the events below by either binding to the event name, or passing in the name of the event during initialization:

// bind to event
$("#multiselect").bind("multiselectopen", function(event, ui){
    // event handler here
});

// or pass in the handler during initialization
$("#multiselect").multiselect({
    open: function(event, ui){
        // event handler here
    }
});

create

Requires jQuery UI Widget Factory 1.8.6+ Fires when the widget is created for the first time.

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beforeopen

Fires right before the menu opens. Prevent the menu from opening by returning false in the handler.

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open

Fires after the widget opens.

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beforeclose

Fires right before the menu closes. Prevent the menu from closing by returning false in the handler.

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close

Fires after the widget closes.

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checkall

Fires when all the options are checked by either clicking the "check all" link in the header, or when the "checkall" method is programatically called (see next section).

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uncheckall

Fires when all the options are all unchecked by either clicking the "uncheck all" link in the header, or when the "uncheckall" method is programatically called (see next section).

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optgrouptoggle

Fires when an optgroup label is clicked on. This event receives the original event object as the first argument, and a hash of values as the second argument.

$("#multiselect").bind("multiselectoptgrouptoggle", function(event, ui){
    //Function body
});

• event The original event object, most likely click.
• ui.inputs An array of checkboxes (DOM elements) inside the optgroup.
• ui.label The text of the optgroup.
• ui.checked Whether or not the checkboxes were checked or unchecked in the toggle (bool value)

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click

Fires when a checkbox is checked or unchecked.

$("#multiselect").on("multiselectclick", function(event, ui) {
    //Function body
}

• event The original event object, most likely click.
• ui.value The value of the checkbox.
• ui.text The text of the checkbox.
• ui.checked Whether or not the input was checked or unchecked.