diff --git a/src/app/root-view.coffee b/src/app/root-view.coffee
index 3f98d2d0f..6a8162eb5 100644
--- a/src/app/root-view.coffee
+++ b/src/app/root-view.coffee
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ class RootView extends View
       @project.setPath(path) unless @project.getRootDirectory()
       @setTitle(path)
 
-    @on 'root-view:increase-font-size', => @setFontSize(@getFontSize() + 1)
-    @on 'root-view:decrease-font-size', => @setFontSize(@getFontSize() - 1)
-    @on 'root-view:focus-next-pane', => @focusNextPane()
-    @on 'root-view:save-all', => @saveAll()
-    @on 'root-view:toggle-invisibles', => @setShowInvisibles(not @showInvisibles)
+    @command 'root-view:increase-font-size', => @setFontSize(@getFontSize() + 1)
+    @command 'root-view:decrease-font-size', => @setFontSize(@getFontSize() - 1)
+    @command 'root-view:focus-next-pane', => @focusNextPane()
+    @command 'root-view:save-all', => @saveAll()
+    @command 'root-view:toggle-invisibles', => @setShowInvisibles(not @showInvisibles)
 
   afterAttach: (onDom) ->
     @focus() if onDom
diff --git a/src/stdlib/jquery-extensions.coffee b/src/stdlib/jquery-extensions.coffee
index 928e15c0a..8e0259b57 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/jquery-extensions.coffee
+++ b/src/stdlib/jquery-extensions.coffee
@@ -65,3 +65,10 @@ $.fn.events = ->
     _.extend(@parent().events(), events)
   else
     events
+
+$.fn.command = (args...) ->
+  eventName = args[0]
+  documentation = {}
+  documentation[eventName] = _.humanizeEventName(eventName)
+  @document(documentation)
+  @on(args...)