When you do
$('#navigation').empty().append(hex);
you're adding brand spanking new links to the DOM from straight html. They
have no special click-handler applied. Maybe hide them instead of removing
them? Then just show to restore? Otherwise, hopefully this will be of some
help:
http://docs.jquery.com/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Why_do_my_events_stop_working_after_an_Ajax_request.3F
- Richard
Richard D. Worth
http://rdworth.org/
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:01 PM, flipthekid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> hey folks,
> brand new here. been fiddling with jquery for a little bit now, but
> this one has me stumped.
>
> the goal is to de-link the links on a navigation system depending on
> what you've clicked on.
> but i need a restore function which i'm trying to do with append
>
> the functions work fine without the append, but then i can't restore
> the links i've taken off.
> and after i do the append the html looks fine, but it doesn't seem to
> be part of the DOM anymore.
> since it won't respond to the functions anymore.
>
> i've tried so many things and got no where.
> i believe it to be NOT appending to the DOM
>
> but again i'm new to the more complex stuff.
>
> thanks in advance for any help.
> gary.
>
>
> [code DOM ready]
>
> // get all the html in the navigation div
> var hex = $("#navigation").clone().html();
>
> // my trigger
> // all links with an anchor tag inside of navigation
> $('#navigation [EMAIL PROTECTED]"#"]').click(function() {
>
> // set a variable to what i clicked on
> var clickedMe = $(this);
>
> // restoring state of navigation div
> $('#navigation').empty().append(hex);
>
> // here i do all my style changes using the clickedMe variable
> // including replacing the link i clicked on with just text
> // omitted for clarity
>
> });
>
> [/code]
>
