How to use jquery correctly in SharePoint Web Part - jquery doesn't always fire

Question

I\'m learning how to use jquery with SharePoint. My example draws a red box inside the Content Editor Web Part when a link is selected. My code works when the SharePoint p

Answer 1

The main problem with JavaScript code not consistenly firing when a page is loaded is because the entire page may not have finished loading and therefore the internal DOM may not have been completely constructed yet.

The best way to fix this is to hook your code to the load or ready event.

For example

For detailed examples on how to use this in SharePoint, see http://www.muhimbi.com/blog/2009/07/massage-sharepoint-into-submission.html and http://www.muhimbi.com/blog/2009/07/automatically-add-search-as-you-type-to.html