Reason for kendo.jquery passed to function in kendo.all.js Q3 2012?

[SIN]

Hello,

I would like to know if there is a reason for window.kendo.jquery being passed to functions instead of jquery.

This happens in the kendo.all.js file since Q3 2012.

Thank you.

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello Jose,

Yes, there is a reason for this. We have inherited jQuery in order to improve touch event handling globally (in all Kendo UI widgets). The original jQuery object unchanged and this enhancement affects only the Kendo UI Widgets. Any other jQuery plugins will not be affected.

The actual implementation can be seen in kendo.core.js which is distributed with the JavaScript source code.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team