Custom bindings
In Chapter 2, Creating a Simple Knockout.js Application, we examined a variety of standard Knockout.js bindings such as text, visible, click, submit, and so on. However, in a big application, this list may not be enough. Fortunately, you can define your own custom bindings.
Registering a new binding
Knockout.js provides us with the ko.bindingHandlers property to register new bindings. You can define a new subproperty of it as a JavaScript object with two callback properties: init and update. Let's take a look at the short binding registration template:
ko.bindingHandlers.newBindingName = { init: function(element, valueAccessor, allBindings) { // Called on first binding applying to an element // Set up any initial state }, update: ...Get Getting Started with Knockout.js for .NET Developers now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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