Troubleshooting and Optimizing Click Handler Functionality in Website Scripts

The meeting among the State Changers centered on troubleshooting a code issue regarding a functionality that clones an element and adds a click event handler to it. The bug lay in the fact that these event handlers were not being applied to cloned elements. The meeting participants clarified the workflow and identified the crux of the issue: event handlers need to be added to an element after it has been added to the page.


The key takeaway from the meeting was a solution to ensure click handlers are added just once per element, by marking an element as "click added" after the handler was applied. It was also suggested to reapply the click handler function after the data finished loading, appending it at the end of the clone and data fetch code block. In addition, the State Changers discussed the asynchronous nature of script tags and the importance of managing click handlers properly to avoid multiple triggers. The meeting did not involve any keywords such as "Xano", "WeWeb", "FlutterFlow", "Zapier", and others mentioned. The meeting would be beneficial to those dealing with event handlers in Javascript, or specifically with jQuery, and individuals looking for solutions to related bugs.


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