Jquery .click() doesn't work after html has been changed

Question

It's pretty basic, I have a button, and when you click it, it changes. But after it changes the .click() event doesn't work on it, but works on divs that are already on the page

$('#editBioButton').click(function(){
       /* this captures html text and replaces it with textbox */
           var oldBio = $('.bioText').html();
        $('.bioText').replaceWith(' <textarea name="newBio" rows="6" cols="30" > ' + text + ' </textarea>');
       /* this switches button */
        $('#editBioButton').replaceWith(' <div id="saveBioText"> Save Changes </div> ');
       /* this div won't react when clicked */
        $('#saveBioText').click(function(){
           alert('itowrks');
        });

    });

Answer 1

I ran into the same problem before. Turns out jQuery loses all bindings on elements that are added after loading. You should use the delegate method

$("#editBioButton").delegate("#saveBioText", 'click', function(){
  alert("this.");
});

Answer 2

$('#editBioButton').click(function(){
    var oldBio = $('.bioText').html();
    $('.bioText').replaceWith(' <textarea name="newBio" rows="6" cols="30" > ' + text + ' </textarea>');
    $('#editBioButton').replaceWith(' <div id="saveBioText"> Save Changes </div> ');
    $(document).on('click', '#saveBioText', function(){
        alert('it works');
    });
});

Answer 3

use:

$(selector).live('click',function(){ });

Answer 4

The click method doesn't work on element added after that the page is been loaded, instead you can use the live method with click event

$("#editBioButton").live('click', function(){
   ...
});

Answer 5

The preferred way to write this is by using on:

$(document).on("click", "#saveBioText", function() {
  alert('this');
});