jQuery .focus() on textarea not working

Question

I got this code:

<textarea id="status" placeholder="Write here..." name="new_entry"></textarea>

and this:

$('#status').focus(function() {
    alert('focused!');
});

I want the alert to start when the textarea is focused on, but it doesn't work...

Answer 1

Here's the working fiddle.

HTML

<textarea id="status" placeholder="Write here..." name="new_entry"></textarea>

JS

$('document').ready(function(){
    $('#status').focus(function() {
        alert('focused!');
    });
});

Answer 2

If the text area which your are trying to bind focus to is loaded dynamically [using ajax or something], then you have to bind the live event of focus. Something like this

$('#status').live('focus', function() {
alert('focused!');

});

Answer 3

Try this:

$(function(){
    $('#status').focus(function() {
        alert('focused!');
    });
});