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Linking button to jQuery through service

I have a small problem that should be very easy to overcome. For some reason I cant work this out. So the problem is I cannot get a button to link to some jquery. My set-up is as follows (showing the relevant code):
Default.aspx
jQuery:
function getContent() {
var data = {
numberID: 1
};
$.jsonAspNet("ContentService.asmx", "GetContent", data,
function (result) {
$('#content').html(result);
});
}
jQuery(document).ready(function () {
getContent();
});
HTML:
<div id="content"></div>
ContentService.vb
<WebMethod()> _
Public Function GetContent(number As Integer) As String
Dim sb = New StringBuilder
sb.AppendLine("<table>")
sb.AppendLine("<tr>")
sb.AppendLine("<td class='ui-widget-header ui-corner-all'>Number</td>")
sb.AppendLine("</tr>")
sb.AppendLine("<tr>")
sb.AppendLine("<td>" & number & "</td>")
sb.AppendLine("<td><a href='#' id='test' class='fg-button ui-state-default ui-corner-all'><img src='" & Context.Request.ApplicationPath & "/images/spacer.gif' class='ui-icon ui-icon-pencil' /></a></td>")
sb.AppendLine("</tr>")
sb.AppendLine("</table>")
Return sb.ToString
End Function
So that's the basics of what I have everything works but I'm not sure how to get the a button (id='test') to get linked to some jQuery. I want it to be pressed and bring up a popup.
I have tried to put the jQuery on default.aspx but this doesn't seem to work unless the button is place in the HTML on that page.
$('#test').unbind('click').click(function () {
alert('Working');
});
I'm sure this is easy to do, but I have been trying for a while and cannot seem to get it to work.

Is the problem that you're trying to bind to the element that ISN'T in existance yet?
are you calling the $('#test').unbind('click').click(function () {
alert('Working');
}); BEFORE the service has returned?
$('#test').on('click', function () {
alert('Working');
});
This will bind the event to the '#test' element once it has been inserted in to the DOM.

As you load the content via ajax, you have to bind to $('#content'). Like this:
$(function () {
$('#content').on('click', '#test', function () {
e.preventDefault(); // if a default action is not needed needed
alert('Working');
});
});

I guess this is about not preventing the default behaviour of the A href tag. Now it will probably link to '#' instead of firing the onclick event.
$('#test').on('click', function (e) {
alert('Working');
e.preventDefault();
});
You could try to wrap this in a document ready, or eventually use the .on binder from jQuery, since it's dynamic content.

Solved
It was a very small thing that caused this. The code to fix this problem is as follows:
$('#test').unbind('click').click(test);
This needed to go inside the function with the json so:
function getContent() {
var data = {
numberID: 1
};
$.jsonAspNet("ContentService.asmx", "GetContent", data,
function (result) {
$('#content').html(result);
$('#test').unbind('click').click(test);
});
}
Thank you to everyone that has tried to help me.

jQuery focus between .click() events

This is homework, just declaring it now.
I have to load a 'quiz' via XML (completed successfully), and generate td cells (done) to display said questions (not done, test data instead).
Here is my source code for the javascript
var selected;
var $cell;
var $cell2;
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#getTitle").click(function() {
selected = $("#quizname>option:selected").text();
$("#quiztitle").html(selected+" Quiz");
$("#quiz2").html(selected+" Quiz");
murl = "quizdata.xml";
$.ajax({type:"GET",
url:murl,
success:loaddata,
cache:false,
dataType:"xml",
data:selected,
error:ajaxerror
});
});
});
var $xml;
function loaddata(respobj,status,xhr) {
//to do:
//dynamic td creation for each xml question
$("#questions").empty();
$xml = $(respobj).find("quiz:contains("+selected+")");
for (var i=0;i<$xml.attr("qnum");i++) {
$('<tr>').attr("id","questions"+(i+1)).appendTo("#questions");
$("<td>").attr("id","question"+(i+1)).appendTo("#questions"+(i+1));
$("#question"+(i+1)).html((i+1)+". "+$xml.find("question[num='"+(i+1)+"']").text());
$("#question"+(i+1)).addClass("th.thirty");
$("<td>").attr("id","blank_question"+(i+1)).appendTo("#questions"+(i+1));
$("#blank_question"+(i+1)).addClass("question");
$("#blank_question"+(i+1)).html("Put Answer Here");
$("<td>").attr("id","answer"+(i+1)).appendTo("#questions"+(i+1));
$("#answer"+(i+1)).addClass("question");
$("#answer"+(i+1)).html((i+1)+". "+$xml.find("answer[num='"+(i+1)+"']").text());
$("#answer"+(i+1)).click(selectCell);
}
}
function selectCell() {
$cell = $(this);
$cell.css("background-color","red");
for (i=0;i<$xml.attr("qnum");i++) {
$("#blank_question"+(i+1)).click(function() {
$cell2 = $(this);
$cell.css("background-color","lightgray");
temp_text = $cell.text();
temp_id = $cell.attr("id");
$cell.attr("id",$cell2.attr("id"));
$cell.text($cell2.attr('id'));
$cell2.attr("id",temp_id);
$cell2.text(temp_id);
$("#answer"+(i+1)).unbind("click");
$("#answer"+(i+1)).bind("click", function() {
selectCell();
});
});
}
}
function swapCell() {
$cell.css("background-color","lightgray");
alert($(this).attr("id"));
}
function ajaxerror(xhr,status,error) {
$("td#desc").attr("class","");
$("td#desc").html("xhr="+xhr);
$("td#desc").append("<br /><br />status="+status)
$("td#desc").append("<br /><br />error="+error);
}
My issue is (try it here: HomeWork Link) that the first time you click the first cell, swap it with the second, it works. However, it only works every OTHER click and swap, which makes me think that there are some binding issues or focus issues because I need it to swap seamlessly. Is there an obvious error in the code or am I missing a specific focus/bind event?
Thanks!
Edit: the values being displayed AFTER swapping are the cells ID attribute

After googling "jquery recursive .click binding" I found that instead of .click() I changed it to .live() and that works perfectly.

jQuery: Call a function twice

I'm trying to run a function twice. Once when the page loads, and then again on click. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Here is my code:
$('div').each(function truncate() {
$(this).addClass('closed').children().slice(0,2).show().find('.truncate').show();
});
$('.truncate').click(function() {
if ($(this).parent().hasClass('closed')) {
$(this).parent().removeClass('closed').addClass('open').children().show();
}
else if ($(this).parent().hasClass('open')) {
$(this).parent().removeClass('open').addClass('closed');
$('div').truncate();
$(this).show();
}
});
The problem is on line 13 where I call the truncate(); function a second time. Any idea why it's not working?
Edit jsFiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/g6PLu/

That's a named function literal.
The name is only visible within the scope of the function.
Therefore, truncate doesn't exist outside of the handler.
Instead, create a normal function and pass it to each():
function truncate() { ...}
$('div').each(truncate);

What's the error message do you get?
You should create function and then call it as per requirement
Define the function
function truncate(){
$('div').each(function(){
});
}
Then call the function
truncate();

Another approach is to establish, then trigger, a custom event :
$('div').on('truncate', function() {
$(this).......;
}).trigger('truncate');
Then, wherever else you need the same action, trigger the event again.
To truncate all divs :
$('div').trigger('truncate');
Similarly you can truncate just one particular div :
$('div#myDiv').trigger('truncate');
The only prerequisite is that the custom event handler has been attached, so ...
$('p').trigger('truncate');
would do nothing because a truncate handler has not been established for p elements.

I know there's already an accepted answer, but I think the best solution would be a plugin http://jsfiddle.net/g6PLu/13/ It seems to be in the spirit of what the OP wants (to be able to call $('div').truncate). And makes for much cleaner code
(function($) {
$.fn.truncate = function() {
this.addClass('closed').children(":not('.truncate')").hide().slice(0,2).show();
};
$.fn.untruncate = function() {
this.removeClass('closed').children().show();
};
})(jQuery);
$('div').truncate();
$('.truncate').click(function() {
var $parent = $(this).parent();
if ($parent.hasClass('closed')) {
$parent.untruncate();
} else {
$parent.truncate();
}
});

Timer Reset Function Not Working!

Hello Guys!
I have been trying to create a simple sample code for my newest jQuery Plugin, but it doesn't seems to be working at all! Can anyone tell where I'm going wrong?, or can anyone provide me a new function to do it. So my problem is that when I mouse over an element classed trigger an another element classed eg should fadeIn(); but if the user takes out the mouse before the element classed eg fades in it should not be fading in anymore, but this is not working at all. I don't not what is getting wrong? Please help me out. (Below is my Problem HTML nad Jquery Code!)
HTML CODE
<div class="trigger">MouseOverMe</div>
<div class="eg">See Me!</div>
JQUERY CODE
function timereset(a)
{
var elem = $('.'+a);
if(elem.data('delay')) { clearTimeout(elem.data('delay')); }
}
$(document).ready(function () {
$('div.eg').hide();
$('div.trigger').mouseover(function () {
$('div.eg').delay(1000).fadeIn();
});
$('div.trigger').mouseout(function () {
timereset('eg');
$('div.eg').fadeOut();
});
});
THANKS IN ADVANCE

You don't need that timereset stuff, simply call stop() on the object and the previous effect will stop:
http://api.jquery.com/stop/
Update based on the new comment:
$('div.trigger').mouseout(function () {
$('div.eg').stop().hide();
});

jQuery
$('.trigger').hover(function() {
$('.eg').delay(1000).fadeIn();
}, function() {
$('.eg').stop(true, true).hide();
});
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/UJBjg/1

Another option would be to clear the queued functions like:
$('div.trigger').mouseout(function () {
$('div.eg').queue('fx', []);
$('div.eg').fadeOut();
});
Bear in mind if the fadeOut/In has already started by using stop you could end up with a semi-transparent element.
EDIT
Here's an example: http://jsfiddle.net/Qchqc/

var timer = -1;
$(document).ready(function () {
$('div.eg').hide();
$('div.trigger').mouseover(function () {
timer = window.setTimeout("$('div.eg').fadeIn(function() { timer = -1; });",1000);
});
$('div.trigger').mouseout(function () {
if(timer != -1)
window.clearTimeout(timer);
$('div.eg').fadeOut();
});
});

Question about Javascript (Jquery) and GET

After getting a new page with $.get none of the javascript will run on the new page.
Is there a way to make javascript use the new page too?
Many thanks
Dorjan
Edit: Example:
$(function() {
$('.viewPage').click(function() {
$('#mainarticle').fadeOut('slow')
$.get($(this).attr('href'), { js: "1" }, function(data) {
$('#mainarticle').html(data).fadeIn('slow');
});
return false;
});
});
Now this works fine however, the new page's anchor tags won't trigger (lets say it has a .viewPage).
I hope that clarify's the issue.

You need to bind events to your anchors using live:
$('a.something').live("click",function() {
alert('this will still work after a.something has been replaced via ajax');
});
Another way using $.get's callback:
$.get( "page.html", function(data) {
$('#someDiv').html(data);
$('a.something').click(function() {
alert('this will still work after a.something has been replaced via ajax');
});
});
Now that I've seen your code:
$(function() {
$('.viewPage').live("click",(function() {
$('#mainarticle').fadeOut('slow')
$.get($(this).attr('href'), { js: "1" }, function(data) {
$('#mainarticle').html(data).fadeIn('slow');
});
return false;
});
});

Yep; there is another jquery ajax method that will take the returned script from your page and execute it. Check the jquery docs.