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jQuery bind event not firing on elements loaded via $().load()

I have a DIV that is in an .html file that is loaded into my document via:
$(document).Ready( function() {
$("#contentDiv").load("some.html")
//some.html contains a button id=saveButton
$("#saveButton").click( function () {
alert("Here I am!");
}
});
The event will not fire. If I cut the content of some.html and put it in the document, uhm, "physically", the event will fire.
So, I am pretty sure this issue is related to the fact that the html is injected via .load().
It's bothersome, because if you look at the page source, all the HTML is in fact there, including the button.
So, the question is, is there ANY way to make this work? I am using .load() to reduce page complexity and increase readability, and, code-folding notwithstanding, I really do not want to have to pull all this HTML into the document.
EDIT: This code was just typed in off the cuff. It's not a cut-n-past of the actual code, and it is just to demonstrate what the problem is. But, thanks for pointing it out.
EDIT2: Grrrrrrr. });

load() is asynchronus so you need to the job in the callback :
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#contentDiv").load("some.html", function(){
//some.html contains a button id=saveButton
$("#saveButton").click( function () {
alert("Here I am!");
});
});
});
Hope it helps :)

one way is by adding to the some.html the script line which will be loaded as the div appears.
You can add this script to some.html(in a script tag):
registerButton();
and then you can define registerButton() in your current document.
other way, if I remember correctly is by using something like the function bind( )

If you want to fire event on element which was not available at the time when DOM was ready then you need to use .on event.
http://api.jquery.com/on/
$("#saveButton").on("click", function() {
alert("Here I am!");
});

jquery load() function is asynchronous. If you want to bind events to the loaded content, you should put the code into the callback function:
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#contentDiv").load("some.html", function() {
//you should put here your event handler
});
});

Your issue is that jquery load() function is asynchronous as #lucas mention. But his code has syntax errors, try this:
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#contentDiv").load("some.html", function () {
$("#saveButton").click(function () {
alert("Here I am!");
});
});
});
Hope it helps now

You need to bind the event handler either after the load OR to the container of the HTML from the load
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#contentDiv").load("some.html", function() {
$("#saveButton").on('click',function() {
alert("Here I am! Bound in callback");
});
});
});
OR use: (not needed that it be in the document ready just that the contentDiv be present)
$("#contentDiv").on('click','#saveButton',function(){
alert("Here I am! bound to container div");
});
EDIT: load on the SAVE button click (per comments) (this makes no sense though)
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#saveButton").on('click',function() {
$("#contentDiv").load("some.html", function() {
alert("Here I am! Bound in callback");
});
});
});

Bind click to images loaded via AJAX

I've been having some trouble with this block of code, and I think I've finally narrowed the problem down. Here's the jQuery function...
$(document).ready(function(e) {
$('#formattingSection').load ('formattingdoc.html #formatting');
$('#loadFormatting').click(function() {
$('#formattingSection').load ('formattingdoc.html #formatting');
});
$('#loadSmileys').click(function() {
$('#formattingSection').load ('formattingdoc.html #smileys');
});
$('#formattingSection div img').click(function() {
var code = $(this).attr("title");
alert (code);
$('wallpost').val($('wallpost').val() + code);
});
});
Basically, it works like this. The page loads, we load part of a doc via AJAX. There are four buttons on the page, each one loads a new section via AJAX. When you click #loadSmileys, it will load via AJAX several images and display them in the DIV.
I'm binding a click() event to those images... but what I've found is that since the images aren't on the page at load time, the click event never gets bound. When I strip all the code away and load the images without AJAX, the click binds okay.
So... my question here... is there a way to bind the click event to the images AFTER they are loaded via AJAX?
For reference... I did make a jsBin HERE, but it's basically just hard coding the images to that I can see it works without the AJAX stuff going on.

Try:
$("#formattingSection").on("click","div img",function() {
var code = $(this).attr("title");
alert (code);
$('wallpost').val($('wallpost').val() + code);
});
As $.on attaches event handler to the parent and all events from children are delegated to the parent
Documentation

Yes, you totally can attach event handles to DOM nodes loaded on-the-fly. The trick is to use jQuery.get instead of .load. .get allows you to add an additional callback function that gets executed upon AJAX completion - the perfect place for you to add your $("#formattingSection div img") code. Here's what it would look like:
$('#loadSmileys').click(function() {
$('#formattingSection').get ({
url: "formattingdoc.html",
success: success
});
});
function success() {
$('#formattingSection div img').click(function() {
var code = $(this).attr("title");
alert (code);
$('wallpost').val($('wallpost').val() + code);
});
}

$('#formattingSection').load ('formattingdoc.html #formatting', function( response, status, xhr ) {
loading_completed();
});
function loading_completed()
{
$('#formattingSection div img').click(function() {
var code = $(this).attr("title");
alert (code);
$('wallpost').val($('wallpost').val() + code);
});
}
Try this

$('#loadSmileys').click(function() {
$('#formattingSection').load ('formattingdoc.html #smileys', function() {
$('#formattingSection div img').click(function() {
var code = $(this).attr("title");
alert (code);
$('wallpost').val($('wallpost').val() + code);
});
});
});

You should use the 'on' method. This can apply click handlers to elements created after the on method is called.
e.g.
$("#formattingSection").on("click","div img",function() {
...
}
As imges are added, they will automatically get the click handler functionality.
This question I asked helps explain the difference: jquery use of bind vs on click

Multiple Jquery events on one page

I am quite new to Jquery and need help trying to get a few events to run on the same page. I have two sections of events, one is a .get which passes data to a file and then displays retrieved data, this happens on page load. The second section is on click events which send and receive data when a button is clicked.
These events all work as needed, but if I have both sections on one page the on click events do not work. Below is the code I have and I hope someone knows how to get them all to work? Thanks
<script type="text/javascript">
$.get("/layout/standard/check.php", { url: "domain"}, function(data){
$("#content-area").html(data)
});
$(".discuss").click( function() {
$.post('/layout/standard/report-action.php', {form: "discuss"},function(data){
$(".message").html(data);
$(".message").show("slow");
});
});
$(".request").click( function() {
$.post('/layout/standard/report-action.php', {form: "request"},function(data){
$(".message").html(data);
$(".message").show("slow");
});
});
$(".report").click( function() {
$.post('/layout/standard/report-action.php', {form: "report"},function(data){
$(".message").html(data);
$(".message").show("slow");
});
});
</script>
I believe that I have found why it's not working, the onclick links are put on the page by the get event. It would appear that the buttons work if they're already on the page but not if they are inserted this way.
This doesn't make sense to me as the buttons are still acting as links with no problem...

Try delegation.. and putting your code inside a document.ready function
$(function() {
$.get("/layout/standard/check.php", {
url: "domain"
}, function(data) {
$("#content-area").html(data)
});
$("body").on('click','.discuss,.request,.report',function() {
$.post('/layout/standard/report-action.php', {
form: $(this).attr('class') //this is assuming you only have 1 class per element
}, function(data) {
$(".message").html(data);
$(".message").show("slow");
});
});
});​

You might need to delegate the events if they are attached to content created dynamically. Try replacing:
$(".discuss").click( function() {
With:
$('body').on('click', '.discuss', function() {
And continue for all your events. You can replace the 'body' selector with another selector as long as it is always present in your document.

Do something AFTER the page has loaded completely

I'm using some embed codes that insert HTML to the page dynamically and since I have to modify that dynamically inserted HTML, I want a jquery function to wait until the page has loaded, I tried delay but it doesnt seem to work.
So for example, the dynamically inserted HTMl has an element div#abc
and I have this jquery:
if ( $('#abc')[0] ) {
alert("yes");
}
the alert doesn't show up.
I'd appreciate any help
Thanks

$(window).load(function () {
....
});
If you have to wait for an iframe (and don't care about the assets, just the DOM) - try this:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('iframe').load(function() {
// do something
});
});

That is the purpose of jQuery's .ready() event:
$(document).ready(function() {
if ( $('#abc').length ) //If checking if the element exists, use .length
alert("yes");
});
Description: Specify a function to execute when the DOM is fully
loaded.

Using the jQuery.ready should be enough. Try this
$(document).ready(function(){
//your code here
});
or
$(function(){
});
which is a shortcut of the first.

The load() method was deprecated in jQuery version 1.8 and removed in version 3.0.
So you have to use -
$(window).on('load', function() {
// code here
});

Try this:
$(document).ready(function () {
if ( $('#abc')[0] ) {
alert("yes");
}
});

$(window).load(function () { ... }
can be enough but otherwise your embeded code (what ever that can be) might provide some callback functionality that you can make use of.
delay() should only be used to delay animations.

Generally, to handle my JQuery before or after page loads, will use:
jQuery(function($){
// use jQuery code here with $ formatting
// executes BEFORE page finishes loading
});
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
// use jQuery code here with $ formatting
// executes AFTER page finishes loading
});

Make sue you bind the event with dom load so it's there when trigger called.
This is how you do it. Hope this helps someone someday
$(window).bind("load", function() {
//enter code here
$("#dropdow-id").trigger('change');
});`

Trigger a jQuery Event Handler Assigned in a Different Code Block

I have a case where a click handler is defined/assigned in one jQuery code block (file) and I want to trigger it from another click event defined/assigned in a different jQuery code block. How can I accomplish this?
The following code is a greatly simplified version of what I am trying to accomplish. The behavior I want to see is a JavaScript alert "Element One" when I click #Element2.
Example HTML:
<p id="Element1">Element One</p>
<p id="Element2">Element Two</p>
First jQuery code block:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#Element1').click(function() {
alert('Element One');
});
});
Second jQuery code block:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#Element2').click(function() {
$('#Element1').click();
});
});
UPDATE: My original example actually works. I was building upon my field hint jQuery UI Dialog solution, and didn't account for about the 'clickoutside' handler that I was using. Adding a check to for the second element in my 'clickoutside' handler allows the dialog to display.

You need to trigger a click when you click on the first element. You can use the trigger method for this.
function element1Hanlder () {
alert('Element One');
}
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#Element1').click(function() {
alert('Element One');
});
});
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#Element2').click(function() {
$('#Element1').trigger('click');
});
});

EDIT: This is based on JohnP's "trigger" suggestion (so you should choose him as the right answer)...
If I load this block from an external js file...
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#Element1').click(function () {
alert( $(this).text() );
});
});
Then load this in a script tag within the HTML itself...
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#Element2').click(function () {
$('#Element1').trigger('click');
});
});
Seems to be working as intended.