thanks you answer didn't exactly answer my question but it got me thinking
in the correct way. IE i needed to reload the script AFTER the new
html/dom is added. So I put script tag and fuctions at the bottom of
the page i was loading into the div. And it was all good.
thanks
On 2/27/07, Brice Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Scottus wrote:
> > Now I have a script in the header,
> >
> >
> > $("div#newcode").click(function(){alert('this works');});
> >
> Scottus;
>
> For starters; There is never a need to use to scope a selector when
> selecting by the ID. All it does is decrease performance of the
> selector. E.g. $("div#newcode")... should be $("#newcode").
>
> Besides that, your function looks fine. I presume that it is not firing
> becuase it is executing before the DOM is ready and div#newcode
> available to assign the click event to. Most jQuery code is encased in
> the $(document).ready() function, which is a 100000 times more flexible
> & accurate than window.onload. So use;
>
> $().ready(function() {
> $("#newcode").click(function(){alert('this works');});
> });
>
> in the header.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> ~ Brice
>
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