Question

Code is not running on .click when I have this:

$(".cancel").click(function() {
    alert("got here");
    $(this).closest(":dialog").dialog("close");                            
});

<a class="cancel" href=""><img src="images/cancelButton.gif" border="0" /></a>

It’s got to be something stupid, but I cannot see it.

Answer 1

I would assume you’re wrapping the code in $(document).ready( function () { ... }); ?

$(document).ready( function () {
  $('.cancel').click( function(e) {
     alert('here!');
     e.preventDefault(); // prevents click from following through
  });
});