I came across a strange scenario. I used jquery's data function to store a row element with several td columns and some event handlers on those columns. When I try to retrieve that row element in another function I don't find the events in the data('events') on that element.
Do the event handlers get skipped while using jquery's data function?
You may be confusing data() with attr() and prop() potentially see the jquery docs or prop vs data or prop vs attr.
I can't think of a context where I would use data() to handle events. I use on() by preference to set event handlers, and unbind() to remove them afterwards.
Using the html attribute onclick="doSomeJavascriptThing();" is not a very jQuery way of solving the problem. Inline javascript is probably considered a bit dirty these days.
