Question

I would like to catch the click/change selection event on a listbox that has a jQuery multiselect on it.

I tried the following code, but it doesn’t catch it.

        $("#" + "<%= _lbxMultiSelect.ClientID %>").multiselect();

        $("#" + "<%= _lbxMultiSelect.ClientID %>").change(function () {
            alert('multiselect clicked');
            $('#' + '<%= divRemoval.ClientID %>').hide();
        });

This code is written in $(document).ready

Html code

<asp:ListBox ID="_lbxMultiSelect" runat="server" DataTextField="SegmentName"
    DataValueField="SegmentId" SelectionMode="Multiple"></asp:ListBox>

the following suggestion did not work

$("#" + "<%= _lbxMultiSelect.ClientID %>").bind('click change', function () {

What is the right way to catch it?

Answer 1

you should use the event multiselectclick

$("#" + "<%= _lbxMultiSelect.ClientID %>").bind('multiselectclick', function (e, ui) {

or (in version 1.7 onwards)

$('body').on('multiselectclick', "#" + "<%= _lbxMultiSelect.ClientID %>", function(e, ui){
   alert('clicked');
});

you should look at the “events” section of the link you posted