jquery click doesn't work on ajax generated content

I am using $(".button").on("click", function(){ });

to click to a button which is on a container but then an ajax call is done and the content gets updated with new stuff and then when i try to click .button it wont work... nothing will get returned when i click the button.

I even tried

$(".button").live("click", function(){ });

or

$(".button").click(function(){ });

How can I make it work?

EDIT : my html:

<div class="container">
   <ul>
       <li>item1</li>
       <li>item2</li>
       <li>item3</li>
   </ul>
   <input type="button" value="reload" class="button" />
</div>

Should be done this way.

$('body').on('click', '.button', function (){
        alert('click!');
    });
    

If you have a container that doesn't change during the ajax request, this is more performant:

$('.container').on('click', '.button', function (){
        alert('click!');
    });
    

Always bind the delegate event to the closest static element that will contain the dynamic elements.

Ok i solved my problem by using the .on() function correctly since i was missing one parameter.

instead of

$(".button").on("click", function() { } );

i used

$(".container").on("click", ".button", function() { } );

Instead of:

$(".button").on("click", function() { } );

I used:

$(".container").on("click", ".button", function() { } );

I have used this and it worked.

Is this what you're trying to do? Note, I'm putting the $.on() on the parent, but selecting the .button for the action.

> .on( events [, selector] [, data], handler(eventObject) )

> selector A selector string to filter the descendants of the selected > elements that trigger the event. If the selector is null or omitted, > the event is always triggered when it reaches the selected element.

http://api.jquery.com/on/

<div id="stuff">
    <button class="button">Click me!</button>
    <p>Stuff</p>
</div>

var $stuff = $('#stuff'),
    ajaxContent = $stuff.html();

$stuff.on('click', '.button', function(){
    $.get('/echo/html/', function(){
        $stuff.empty();
        console.log($stuff.html());
        alert($stuff.html()); // Look behind, #stuff is empty.
        $stuff.html(ajaxContent);
        console.log($stuff.html());
    });
});

http://jsfiddle.net/62uSU/1

Another demonstration:

var $stuff = $('#stuff'),
    ajaxContent = $stuff.html(),
    $ajaxContent,
    colors = ['blue','green','red'],
    color = 0;

$stuff.on('click', '.button', function(){
    $.get('/echo/html/', function(){
        color++;
        if (color == colors.length) color = 0;
        console.log($stuff.html());
        alert($stuff.html());
        $ajaxContent = $(ajaxContent);
        $stuff.append($ajaxContent).css('color', colors[color]);
        console.log($stuff.html());
    });
});

http://jsfiddle.net/62uSU/2/