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JavaScript jQuery Basics Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal Using Events with Dynamically Added Elements

Button still works

The button still works for me after moving the click event to the top of the app.js. I even cleared the cache in Chrome and it still work. This is NOT a problem, obviously. Just an observation. I'm guessing it has to do with Chrome's JS engine being "smart."

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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It doesn't matter where in the file you place the code to establish the button click handler. The entire file runs immediately on page load, but the handler itself doesn't run until the button is clicked.

I jumped the gun on this post. I was targeting '.spoiler' instead of '.spoiler button' for the .click When targeting '.spoiler button' the behavior is the same as in the video. Sorry!