Not able to access click event with jQuery selector

Question

I am having a hard time accessing a click even with my jQuery selector. Here is my HTML:

<li class="handle-bars">
    <span class="fa fa-bars pull-right text-primary m-t-10"></span>
    <span class="fa fa-cogs pull-right text-primary m-t-10" id="trigger-modal-editor" style="cursor:pointer" data-target="#modalSlideLeft" data-toggle="modal">     </span>
</li>

Here is my jQuery selector:

<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#trigger-modal-editor').click(function() {
    alert('Hello');
  });
</script>

This is not registering the art for some reason. Any help is appreciated!

That should work. You forgot to close $(document).ready(function() { ... }); though. If the elements are dynamically generated, use event delegation. — Josh Crozier
– Josh Crozier, Commented Jan 26, 2015 at 0:29

Bhojendra Rauniyar · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-26 00:30:38Z

1

You're forgetting to close the ready handler:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#trigger-modal-editor').click(function() {
    alert('Hello');
  });
});//this

Also, you don't have any text inside #trigger-modal-editor, place some text there to click in.

answered Jan 26, 2015 at 0:30

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three3 Over a year ago

Sorry, I forgot to add the closing brace and parenthesis to the post, but they are in my actual code. The span is creating a font awesome icon and I am wanting to trigger the click even when the icon is clicked. The class responsible for this is fa fa-cogs. Any other suggestions?

Bhojendra Rauniyar Over a year ago

try $(document).on('click', '#trigger-modal-editor',function() {

three3 Over a year ago

This worked for me. Thank you very much! Is there a reason this worked and my code did not?

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