JQuery same click event for multiple elements

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Is there any way to execute same code for different elements on the page?

$('.class1').click(function() {
   some_function();
});

$('.class2').click(function() {
   some_function();
});

instead to do something like:

$('.class1').$('.class2').click(function() {
   some_function();
});

Thanks

Best Answer

$('.class1, .class2').on('click', some_function);

Or:

$('.class1').add('.class2').on('click', some_function);

This also works with existing objects:

const $class1 = $('.class1');
const $class2 = $('.class2');
$class1.add($class2).on('click', some_function);

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    // do something here
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    <!-- <button>s that are generated dynamically and added here -->
</div>

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