How does jQuery .live() work?

Question

I was thinking about performance regarding

.click() vs .live(\"click\")

and that left me wondering about how .live does work.

Answer 1

live binds the click event to the DOM's document element. As browser events bubble up through the DOM tree, the click event is triggered for any matching elements.

Here's a good article explaining it all.

http://www.alfajango.com/blog/the-difference-between-jquerys-bind-live-and-delegate/