jQuery not triggering event on dynamically added elements - Event delegation guide
I've searched everywhere and can't find a clear answer. I just started working with Does anyone know how to I'm working with an scenario where I have a list of items that are dynamically generated via an AJAX call, but the jQuery click event handler I set up isn't working on these new elements... I'm using jQuery version 3.6.0, and here's a simplified version of the code: ```javascript // Initial event binding for existing elements $('.item').on('click', function() { alert('Item clicked: ' + $(this).text()); }); // AJAX call to fetch new items $.ajax({ url: '/api/items', method: 'GET', success: function(data) { data.forEach(function(item) { $('#item-container').append('<div class="item">' + item.name + '</div>'); }); } }); ``` After the AJAX call, the new items don't trigger the click event at all. I tried using `.on('click', '.item', function() {...})` for event delegation, but I still don't see any alerts when clicking on the new items. Here's how I attempted to implement event delegation: ```javascript $('#item-container').on('click', '.item', function() { alert('Delegated item clicked: ' + $(this).text()); }); ``` This still doesn’t work. The console doesn’t show any errors, and I’ve confirmed that the new elements are being added correctly to the DOM. I’ve also checked that the selector `.item` matches the newly added content. Is there something I'm missing in the approach to event delegation with jQuery? Any help would be greatly appreciated! For reference, this is a production application. Is this even possible? I recently upgraded to Javascript stable. Hoping someone can shed some light on this. I'm open to any suggestions. I'm working with Javascript in a Docker container on Windows 11. Any feedback is welcome!