the first one works perfectly fine in stripped down form http://jsbin.com/epoju/edit
must be something else with other code you are doing On Dec 3, 10:03 am, Civette <la.cive...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well i'm in trouble. > > Following code does not trigger : > > Code: Select all > $("#cat_list > div").click(function() > { alert("Bye bye!");; > }); > > neither > > Code: Select all > $("#cat_list ~ div").click(function() > { alert("Bye bye!");; > }); > > or > > Code: Select all > $("#cat_list > *").click(function() > { alert("Bye bye!");; > }); > > Altough this works : > > Code: Select all > $("#cat_list").click(function() > { alert("Bye bye!");; > }); > > HTML code looks like : > > <div id="cat_list"> > <div id="39">a</div> > <div id="40">b</div> > ... > </div> > > Any idea ? > > thanks