Possible bug with GWT gwtquery .live() method

Question

I'm trying to do the following:

I want to add a specific handler for some links, denoted by a class.

$("a.link_list").live("click", new ListLinkHandler());

I need .live() instead of .bind() because new such links will be generated. (I know jQuery's .live() is deprecated in favor of .on(), but gwt-query doesn't have a .on() yet.)

I defined the handler like this (just as the gwtquery example does):

public class ListLinkHandler extends Function {
    @Override
    public boolean f(Event e) { [...] }
}

However, the handler method is never called when I click the links. I can see the event listener in Chrome Dev Tools: http://screencloud.net/v/bV5V. I think it's on the body because it's a .live().

I tried using .bind() and it worked fine. The body event listener changed in a a.link_list and the handler does what it's supposed to do, but (as documented, I didn't test) not for newly created links.

I filed a bug for the .live() method, but maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Also, I have no idea how to do it without gwtquery, GWT doesn't seem to have a method for selecting elements by class, neither to continually add the listener to new elements.

Answer 1

It seems you are doing something wrong, but I need more code to be sure. Could you send the complete onModuleLoad code which demonstrates this wrong behavior?

I have written a quick example using live, and it works either when adding new gwt widgets or dom elements with gquery, in both Chrome and FF

public void onModuleLoad() {
  $("a.link_list").live("click",  new ListLinkHandler());

  // Add a new link via gquery
  $("<a class='link_list' href=javascript:alert('href') onClick=alert('onClick')>Click </a>").appendTo(document);

  // Add a new link via gwt widgets
  Anchor a = new Anchor("click");
  a.setStyleName("link_list");
  a.addClickHandler(new ClickHandler() {
    public void onClick(ClickEvent event) {
      Window.alert("clickHandler");
    }
  });
  RootPanel.get().add(a);
}

public class ListLinkHandler extends Function {
  @Override
  public boolean f(Event e) {
    Window.alert("live");
    return true;
  }
}