Are events lost in jQuery when you remove() an element and append() it elsewhere?

Question

What happens in jQuery when you remove() an element and append() it elsewhere?

It appears that the events are unhooked - as if you were just inserting fresh html (which

Answer 1

The jQuery detach() function is the same as remove() but preserves the event handlers in the object that it returns. If you have to remove the item and place it somewhere else with everything you can just use this.

var objectWithEvents = $('#old').detach();
$('#new').append(objectWithEvents);

Check the API docs here: http://api.jquery.com/detach/