How to use JQuery .on() to catch the scroll event

Question

I\'m attempting to use the .on() from jQuery to catch a scroll event that is inside a tag.

so this was my solution:

• the div id=\'popup\'
• the

Answer 1

The confusion is in how "on()" works. In jQuery when you say $(document).on(xx, "#popup", yy) you are trying to run yyy whenever the xx event reaches document but the original target was "#popup".

If document is not getting the xx event, then that means it isn't bubbling up! The details are in the jQuery On documentation, but the three events "load", "error" and "scroll" do not bubble up the DOM.

This means you need to attach the event directly to the element receiving it. $("#popup").on(xx,yy);