Take a gander at the live() method:
http://docs.jquery.com/Events/live
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Jeff Berry <crazedprim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am populating an unordered list with items from an ajax query, after
> which I want to attach click events to each list item. Using either load
> or $.get I'm able to retrieve the data and post it to the UL correctly.
> However, when I then try to immediately retrieve all the list items in that
> newly populated UL, I get zero items returned and thus can't attach click
> events to them. The UL is not actually being populated until after all of
> the scripting runs. If I then rerun the operation I can retreive the items
> in the list from the first ajax query, but this is too late because the list
> is out of date and does not reflect the new data retrieved from the second
> query. So, obviously I don't understand something about the basic order of
> operations here.
>
>
> function populateCategories() {
> //This loads the categories UL. Once the script runs the items are
> listed correctly.
> $("#categories").load(
> http://localhost/my_account/return_categories.php);
>
> //But when I try to immediately retreive the list items from that UL
> before scripting has run it's course, the items are not available.
> //This returns a count of zero items in the list.
> var count = $("categories li").size();
> alert(count);
>
> }
>
> What can I do to get that list of items and attach click events to them
> immediately after the load has returned data and I've populated the UL? Is
> there a different way to approach this? The point of this is to be able to
> click a button to create a new item, have that written to the database,
> update the list of items to reflect the addition, and then attach a click
> event to the list items allowing the user to select and edit the items.
>
> Is there a way to attach events to any list item in the UL without having
> to explicitly apply it to each item?
>
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