Hi Michael ,
sorry it's my fault i made a stupid mistake somewhere else ( i dare
not tell you what it was, I think i'd better get some sleep :) ). The
code as such worked, so i would assume the wrap() does not unbind the
events.
Thanks again!
alexandre
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Michael Geary <m...@mg.to> wrote:
>
> Without testing it, off the top of my head I think it may be the .wrap()
> that is doing you in. That has to remove the element from the DOM and
> re-insert it, and I think that loses the event binding.
>
> Also, I take it that $dsanchors refers to a UL, is that right? Then you're
> temporarily inserting the A element directly into the UL, which is invalid.
> Maybe browsers allow it anyway, but there's no guarantee what they will do.
>
> I would try this instead:
>
> $('<a>' + linkText + '</a>')
> .attr({
> 'href': '#' + index,
> 'id': index,
> 'class': linkText == selected ? 'selected' : 'notSelected'
> })
> .wrap('<li></li>')
> .appendTo($dsanchors);
>
> $('#'+index).bind('click', function() {
> alert("hi");
> return false;
> });
>
> -Mike
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alexandre Plennevaux
>> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 2:20 PM
>> To: Jquery-en
>> Subject: [jQuery] event binding issue
>>
>>
>> hello friends,
>>
>> i'm injecting a menu ( UL > LI > A markup) and binding each A
>> anchor a click event, but the event fails to trigger. Can you
>> explain me what i'm dooing wrong?
>>
>> here is the code sample:
>>
>> $('<a>' + linkText + '</a>').appendTo($dsanchors).attr({
>> 'href': '#' + index,
>> 'id': index,
>> 'class': (linkText == selected) ? 'selected'
>> : 'notSelected'
>> }).bind('click', function()
>> {
>>
>> alert("hi");
>>
>> return false;
>> }).wrap('<li></li>');
>>
>>
>> the html is correctly injected, but the event is not attached.
>>
>
>
