Question

I have my code here.

// HTML Code
<div class="article"></div>

// jQuery
$('.article').append('<a href="" class="toggle">Toggle div</a>');

Is it possible to use that newly created href link and toggle a div like this:

// jQuery
$('.toggle').click(function() { 
   $('.article').toggle('slow');
});

I have tried the above with no luck. I just get redirected to index page.

Answer 1

Don’t use click(): it’s deprecated and wouldn’t work even if it weren’t. Use on():

$('.toggle').on('click', function() { 
   $('.article').toggle('slow');
});

Also, change your a tag to <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="toggle">Toggle div</a>.

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As to the reason why on() works and click() doesn’t, you need to read jQuery’s documentation. In short, the click event has been bound to an element on the page; this scope does not cover future elements that are added to the DOM. On(), however, is a delegated event:

Delegated events have the advantage that they can process events from
descendant elements that are added to the document at a later time. By
picking an element that is guaranteed to be present at the time the
delegated event handler is attached, you can use delegated events to
avoid the need to frequently attach and remove event handlers.