Backbone click event not firing
backbone-events, backbone.js, coffeescript
Solution
From the fine manual:
delegateEvents `delegateEvents([events])`
[...] Events are written in the format `{"event selector": "callback"}`. The `callback` may be either the name of a method on the view, or a direct function body. Omitting the `selector` causes the event to be bound to the view's root element (`this.el`).
So you want your `events` to look like this:
events:
'click': -> console.log('clicked')
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/6W6QE/
Problem
So I have a Backbone view in which I declare it's className. I'm trying to bind a click event to that class. So something like this: ``` className: "question" events: "click .question": -> console.log("clicked") ``` This doesn't seem to work. It seems to be because the element isn't inside the view itself. So if I create an element within a template, I can bind to that just fine. I should be able to bind to the view itself right? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!