From 0ee79afdfe7d1f875195eb353700c0e6f38c30b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erick Acuna <eacuna@brightcove.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:43:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed issue number 1298 component.trigger does not pass event
 object #1298

---
 src/js/component.js | 10 ++++++----
 src/js/events.js    |  4 +++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/js/component.js b/src/js/component.js
index b6ff71bd8..a79a5312e 100644
--- a/src/js/component.js
+++ b/src/js/component.js
@@ -563,13 +563,15 @@ vjs.Component.prototype.one = function(type, fn) {
  * Trigger an event on an element
  *
  *     myComponent.trigger('eventName');
+ *     myComponent.trigger({'type':'eventName', 'value':'eventValue'});
  *
- * @param  {String}       type  The event type to trigger, e.g. 'click'
- * @param  {Event|Object} event The event object to be passed to the listener
+ * @param  {Object} event  either a string (the event type) 
+ *                         to trigger or an event object 
+ *                          with a type attribute.
  * @return {vjs.Component}      self
  */
-vjs.Component.prototype.trigger = function(type, event){
-  vjs.trigger(this.el_, type, event);
+vjs.Component.prototype.trigger = function(event){
+  vjs.trigger(this.el_, event);
   return this;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/js/events.js b/src/js/events.js
index becac0ce9..0ecfc0ea3 100644
--- a/src/js/events.js
+++ b/src/js/events.js
@@ -265,7 +265,9 @@ vjs.fixEvent = function(event) {
 /**
  * Trigger an event for an element
  * @param  {Element|Object} elem  Element to trigger an event on
- * @param  {String} event Type of event to trigger
+ * @param  {Object}         event either a string (the event type) 
+ *                          to trigger or an event object with a 
+ *                          type attribute.
  * @private
  */
 vjs.trigger = function(elem, event) {