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Asked: 2026-05-27T09:43:53+00:00

I am constructing a page which uses jQuery to assign event handlers. Now I

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I am constructing a page which uses jQuery to assign event handlers. Now I am assigning onclick events to functions but does the page run the script and then construct the HTML or does the page construct HTML and then run the script?

<script type="text/javascript">
    function opinionbyid(popinionid){
        $.post("index.php", {"opinionid":popinionid}, function(data){
            var data2 = JSON.parse(data);
            $(".opinion").html(data2.opinion);
            $(".note").html(data2.note);
        }, "json");
    }
    function loginform() { $(".middle").html($(".loginform").html()); }
    function registerform() { $(".middle").html($(".registerform").html()); }
    function opinionpostform() {};
    $("#loginbutton").click(function(){
        //UNSURE, MAYBE I SHOULD DO IT IN $.ready(function(){ HERE }))
    });
</script>

like

$.ready(function(){ 
    $("#loginbutton").click(function(){
        // code...
    });
})

so far I habitually used script tags in the head section. this is why I think I should use $.ready() because assigning handlers to obects is done after objects are loaded, in jquery’s documentation example.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <style>
  p { color:red; margin:5px; cursor:pointer; }
  p.hilite { background:yellow; }
  </style>
  <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
  <p>First Paragraph</p>
  <p>Second Paragraph</p>
  <p>Yet one more Paragraph</p>
<script>
    $("p").click(function () { 
      $(this).slideUp(); 
    });
    $("p").hover(function () {
      $(this).addClass("hilite");
    }, function () {
      $(this).removeClass("hilite");
    });
</script>

</body>
</html>

after solution edit:
In the end, I thought “why am I handling the events with script anyway?” now I am using 

onClick="dosomething()"

on button properties. no need to complicate anything.

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  1. Editorial Team

    HTML pages are parsed from the top down. Parsing JS blocks the parsing of HTML until the JS has been executed:

    <div id="foo">Foo</div>
<script>
  $('#foo').click(..) //will work because #foo exists in the dom already
  $('#bar').click(..) //wont work because #bar doesn't exist in the dom yet
</script>
<div id="bar">Bar</div>

    If you’re attaching your scripts just before </body>, then you wont need to wait for document.ready because you’re essentially already there.

    If you’re attaching your scripts within the <head> then you’ll need to wait for document.ready because none of the DOM will have been parsed when the code is executed.

    If you’re making modular code, and you’re not sure where it’ll be added, wait for document.ready before binding so that it’s safe no matter where the script is added.

    If you’re working with dynamic content, or simply don’t want to add a document.ready handler, you can use live (deprecated as of 1.7) or on:

    //pre 1.7
$('#foo').live('click', ...);
$('#bar').live('click', ...);

//post 1.7
$(document).on('click', '#foo', ...);
$(document).on('click', '#bar', ...);

    This format will delegate the event listener to the document object which does exist at the time of execution. jQuery will handle the context behind the scenes to execute everything in the context of the selector provided in the second argument.

    As a side note, make sure to alias jQuery to $ before use if you plan on reusing the code with other libraries. The document.ready aliasing shortcut is one of the best ways to do it:

    jQuery(function ($) {
  //document.ready
});

    Alternatively, use a self-executing closure:

    (function ($) {
  //code here
}(jQuery));
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