jQuery.triggerHandler

HTML

<p><button id="trigger">trigger()</button> <button id="handler">triggerHandler()</button></p>

JavaScript

(function($, undefined){

    $(function(){
    
        var $body = $(document.body),
            notify = function(e) {
                $body.append("<p>foo! (" + this.nodeName + ")</p>");
            };
        
        $body.on('foo', notify)
            .parent().on('foo', notify);
        
        $('#trigger').on('click', function(){
            $body.trigger('foo');
        });
        
        $('#handler').on('click', function(){
            $body.triggerHandler('foo');
            $(document).ready(function(){
            	alert('done');
            });
            
        });
        
    });
    
})(jQuery);