title: Why doesn't $("#slider").trigger("slide") result in calling the slide handler?
body: <p>I have a jQuery slider (actually, a custom extension thereof) equipped with a handler for the <code>slide</code> event, and this handler gets properly called when the slider is manipulated interactively, but not when I run</p>
  
  <pre><code>$("#slider").trigger("slide");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This command runs without error, but the <code>slide</code> handler does not get called.</p>
  
  <p>Why is this?</p>
  
  <p>Do I need to pass a different argument to trigger to cause the <code>slide</code> handler to be called?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: changed post's title to more closely reflect the question's motivation.</p>