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Karl Rudd On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:14 AM, Mark MacInnes <markamacin...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > I'm using jQuery to perform some ajax when a link with a certain id is > clicked on. The ajax updates a database record and then it replaces > the 'a' tag with a new one. This all works fine. The new 'a' tag has > the same id as the old one, but text and some other properties on it > change. It's the id that activates the jQuery functionality. > > When the old 'a' tag is replaced with the new one the jQuery that > should operate doesn't work. I understand that this is because the new > 'a' tag has been added after the page loaded so jQuery doesn't know to > fire when it's clicked on. Is there anything I can do that will force > jQuery to fire when the new 'a' tag is clicked? > > I suspect this has probably been answered a million times, but I don't > just can't find the right search terms. >