Question

Why won’t live() work after slice()?
What am I doing wrong here?

$('.object').slice(1).live('mouseenter', function() {
    alert();
});

…

<div class="object">
    1
    <div class="object">
        2
        <div class="object">
            3
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Answer 1

Why won’t live() work after slice()?

Straight from the API docs:

DOM traversal methods are not supported for finding elements to send to .live(). Rather, the .live() method should always be called directly after a selector, as in the example above.

Use a different selector. For example:

$('div.object:gt(0)').live('mouseenter', function()
{
    // super awesome life things
});