Should $("#elementid").click(...) show in DOM?

Question

If I attach to onclick in an anchor tag for example, should I be able to see this in Firebug after the DOM has loaded?

The onclick is not firing and I'm trying to figure out what is wrong.

$("#myelementid").click(function() {
    alert('test'); 
    return false;
});

I've also tried .onclick(...)

Missing document ready handler? jQuery doesn't add `onclick` attribute to the elements. — Ram, May 06 '13 at 20:01
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2623118/inspect-attached-event-handlers-for-any-dom-element — Adil Shaikh, May 06 '13 at 20:01
This is inside another block of jQuery that is already firing. Document ready isn't needed here. — 4thSpace, May 06 '13 at 20:04
Which block? Do you generate the element dynamically? http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials:Getting_Started_with_jQuery — Ram, May 06 '13 at 20:06
Why not provide us with a [jsfiddle](http://www.jsfiddle.net) or more code to clarify your problem? — SirDerpington, May 06 '13 at 20:06
Because it is buried inside of other code. Any way, this doesn't have anything to do with the OP. — 4thSpace, May 06 '13 at 20:09
@undefined How do you add an onclick attribute to an anchor tag via jQuery than? — 4thSpace, May 06 '13 at 20:12
@4thSpace I don't do that, I use `click` method as you have used. See this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6348494/addeventlistener-vs-onclick — Ram, May 06 '13 at 20:14
@undefined I don't think $(element).on(...) from that example is valid. — 4thSpace, May 06 '13 at 20:38

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 06 '13 at 20:14

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http://jsfiddle.net/yUTVe/

I think you'll have to dig a little deeper, as you could have open brackets somewhere. Your code is completely fine, so unless you are dynamically creating that element (and thus, the JQuery doesn't work for it), there must be a syntax error somewhere else.

$("#myelementid").click(function() {
alert('test'); 
return false;
});

answered May 06 '13 at 20:14

RCNeil

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I guess something is conflicting somewhere. To answer my OP, I checked your code on jsfiddle. The onclick doesn't show up in the DOM. – 4thSpace May 06 '13 at 20:41
Not sure why stackoverflow doesn't let you me up vote your answer. Says I can't vote for my own post. – 4thSpace May 06 '13 at 20:42
No worries, hope you find what's causing your issue. Good luck. – RCNeil May 07 '13 at 00:29

Should $("#elementid").click(...) show in DOM?

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