Question

I have a table I’m using jQuery UI’s “sortable” on. In the table, I have rows consisting of a “drag handle” to grab and reorder the table, and cells with clickable items, like this:

<table id="test-table">
    <tbody>
    <tr>
        <td class="handle"><div class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s" /></td>
        <td class="clickycell"><a href="#">Testing 1</a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="handle"><div class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s" /></td>
        <td class="clickycell"><a href="#">Testing 2</a></td></td>
    <tr>
        <td class="handle"><div class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s" /></td>
        <td class="clickycell"><a href="#">Testing 3</a></td></td>
    </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

In my code, I make the table sortable, and also use jQuery’s live() to bind a click event to the clickable items, like this:

$(function() {
    /*
       Using live() because in my real code table rows are dynamically added.
       However, if I use click() instead, as in the commented-out code, it works
       fine, without any need to click twice.

    */
    // $(".clickycell a").click(function() {
    $(".clickycell a").live('click', function() {
        alert("Successful click");
        return false;
    });
    $("#test-table tbody").sortable({
        handle: "td.handle", /* Use the draggy handle to move, not the whole row */
        cursor: "move"
    });
});

I’m using live() because rows can be dynamically added to the table in the real code.

My problem is this: if I click on any of the clickable items before sorting, they work fine. After the user drags the rows to reorder them, though, I have to click twice for a click to register. After that second click, the clickable items go back to “normal”, needing only one click, until the next time rows are dragged around.

If I use click() rather than live() — as in the commented-out code — then a single-click works fine at all times, but I’d rather use live(), as I said. And I’m curious as to why it’s not working.

There’s a live jsFiddle example here. Try dragging a row into a different position, then clicking on any of the “Testing…” links. In Firefox, at least, I need to click twice to get the “Successful click” alert.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

It’s unfortunate to end with the answer “It is a bug,” but I guess sometimes that happens. Maybe I’ll dust off my GitHub login and fork it to see if I can track it down and discover a fix.