How do I convert syntax .live() to .on() - jquery

Question

I'm using a wordpress plugin that broke with update of jquery. Would like to fix it for myself and others since the plugin has been abandoned.

It seems this line is one of the culprits:

$nice_navigations.find("ul a").live("click", function(e, isFromLI)

I've read the documentation and tried:

$nice_navigations.on('click', 'ul a', function(e, isFromLI))

But I get an error. I appreciate any help.

`$nice_navigations.find("ul a").on("click", function(e, isFromLI)` should work — imvain2, Aug 21 '20 at 18:19
@epascarello oopss I was looking as a click handler, not delegated event handler. — imvain2, Aug 21 '20 at 18:22
*"But I get an error."* That tells us zero about the problem. Is there an error message in the console? Is it not firing the event? What is the issue? What is the exact code since what you have in both cases is not valid. — epascarello, Aug 21 '20 at 18:22
Unless you just copied and pasted/typed wrong. There is an extra `)` at the end where `{` should start the function. — imvain2, Aug 21 '20 at 18:23
for better understanding of convert syntax .live() to .on() - jquery please review this thread ------> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8021436/turning-live-into-on-in-jquery — Nadeem Taj, Aug 22 '20 at 06:21

score -2 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 21 '20 at 19:02

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Got it working with

$nice_navigations.on("click", "ul a", function(e, isFromLI)

edited Aug 21 '20 at 19:02

Rory McCrossan

answered Aug 21 '20 at 18:34

abide

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That's the same code you said didn't work in the question...? – Rory McCrossan Aug 21 '20 at 19:02
It's not exactly the same code. Double quotes instead of single quotes made it work properly. Thank you for responding and for everyone being so helpful. Appreciate it. – abide Aug 25 '20 at 16:34
Double quotes and single quotes are treated the same way in JS. Changing them over will have absolutely no effect. I'm responding because this answer does not solve whatever problem was presented in the question. – Rory McCrossan Aug 25 '20 at 17:01
My apologies, I believe it was the additional paren on the end that I initially had. – abide Aug 25 '20 at 17:10

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