jquery .click being called multiple times

Question

I am getting unexpected results with jQuery trying to set the \"click\" method of a div. Please see this jsfiddle. Be sure to open the console window. Click the word a few times

Answer 1

You should bind the click event outside the toggleDiv function. The current code will register new click event handler every time the elements in $('#test') is clicked, with exponential growth (since all previous click handler will generate a new click handler, so the number of handlers will double with every click).