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JavaScript jQuery Basics Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal Using Events with Dynamically Added Elements

Amandeep Pasricha
Amandeep Pasricha
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Posted by Amandeep Pasricha
Amandeep Pasricha
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I don't understand how this is possible if the button element does not exist in the DOM in the first place?

How is it possible to manipulate a button element if it does not exist in the first place in DOM? I kind of don't understand the concept shes teaching here.

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
220,634 Points

Delegated handlers do not manipulate anything that doesn't exist. However, when new items are created that trigger events, the delegated handler responds as the event "bubbles up" to the element it is listening on.