jQuery trigger not firing with bind() or on() for custom events

Question

Can anyone tell me why this code would not be working?

$(\'body\').on(\'test\', function() {
  alert(\'test\');
});

$(\'body\').trigger(\'test\');

Answer 1

Try delegation:

$(document).on('test', 'body', function() {
  alert('test');
});

$('body').trigger('test');

This works like live() used to. http://api.jquery.com/live/