jQuery not preserving event handlers on dynamically cloned elements - requiring re-binding
I'm integrating two systems and This might be a silly question, but I'm performance testing and I'm stuck on something that should probably be simple..... I'm working with an scenario where I'm cloning a set of elements that have click event handlers attached to them using jQuery. After cloning the elements, the new clones do not seem to retain the click functionality. I'm using jQuery version 3.6.0. Here's a snippet of my code: ```javascript $(document).ready(function() { $('.clickable').on('click', function() { alert('Element clicked!'); }); $('#cloneButton').on('click', function() { var clonedElement = $('.clickable').first().clone(); $('#container').append(clonedElement); }); }); ``` After clicking the `#cloneButton`, I expect the cloned element to also respond to clicks, but it doesn't. When I inspect the cloned elements, they do not have any event listeners attached. The original elements work fine, but the clones just don’t trigger the alert when clicked. I've tried using `.on('click', ...)` again after appending the clones, like this: ```javascript $('#container').on('click', '.clickable', function() { alert('Cloned element clicked!'); }); ``` This solution works, but it feels like a workaround rather than fixing the root scenario. Is there a better approach to ensure that cloned elements maintain their event bindings directly, without having to re-bind each time? Any insight into best practices for managing dynamically created elements in jQuery would be greatly appreciated! I'm working on a CLI tool that needs to handle this. Is there a better approach? This is part of a larger API I'm building. Thanks in advance! Could this be a known issue? The project is a web app built with Javascript. What's the correct way to implement this? How would you solve this?