jquery dynamically added checkbox not working with change() function

estern picture estern · Jan 14, 2011 · Viewed 9.6k times · Source

I dynamically load in a few li's that have a label and a checkbox in them to another visible ul. I set the checkboxes to be checked="checked" and i am trying to trigger an event to happen when i change these dynamically inserted checkboxes but nothing occurs.

Here is the jquery:

$(".otherProductCheckbox:checkbox").change( function(){
    alert('test');
});

Here is the html for the dynamically added li's:

<li class="otherProduct"><input type="checkbox" class="otherProductCheckbox radioCheck" checked="checked"/><label>Product Name</label></li>

Any idea why i cant get the alert to happen when the checkbox changes its checked state?

Answer

Teja Kantamneni picture Teja Kantamneni · Jan 14, 2011

You have to use liveQuery or live to bind events to dynamically added elements.

$(".otherProductCheckbox:checkbox").live('change', function(){
    alert('test');
});

EDIT To work in IE, you have to use click not change

$(".otherProductCheckbox:checkbox").live('click', function(){
        alert('test');
 });