jQuery .append() causing duplicated event handlers on dynamically generated list items
I've searched everywhere and can't find a clear answer. I'm experimenting with Quick question that's been bugging me - I'm stuck on something that should probably be simple... I'm working with an scenario where I'm dynamically adding list items to an unordered list using jQuery's `.append()` method. The question is that every time I add a new item, it seems to duplicate the event handlers that I attach to the list items. For example, I have the following code that adds a new item and binds a click event to it: ```javascript $(document).ready(function() { $('#addItem').click(function() { const newItem = $('<li>New Item</li>'); newItem.click(function() { alert('Item clicked!'); }); $('#itemList').append(newItem); }); }); ``` After clicking the "Add Item" button a few times, when I click on one of the list items, the alert shows up multiple times instead of just once. I suspect that every time a new item is appended, the click event is being bound to the same item again, but I'm not sure how to resolve this. I've tried using `.off()` before binding the event, but that didn't work as expected. Here’s what I attempted: ```javascript $(document).ready(function() { $('#addItem').click(function() { const newItem = $('<li>New Item</li>'); $('#itemList').find('li').off('click'); // Tried removing existing click handlers newItem.click(function() { alert('Item clicked!'); }); $('#itemList').append(newItem); }); }); ``` This still didn’t solve the question. I’m using jQuery version 3.6.0. Is there a better approach to prevent the duplication of event handlers for dynamically generated elements? Any help would be greatly appreciated! My development environment is Ubuntu. Thanks for taking the time to read this! Thanks for taking the time to read this! My development environment is Debian. Hoping someone can shed some light on this.