Editable cells in dynamic table

Question

I'm trying to make a dynamic table with variable no. of rows and columns. Table is created but when i click on the cells, they are not editable as i assumed they will be.

$(document).ready(function() {
            $("#createit").click(function() {
                var num_rows = document.getElementById('rows').value;
                var num_cols = document.getElementById('cols').value;
                var tbody = '';
                for (var i = 0; i < num_rows; i++) {
                    tbody += '<tr>';
                    for (var j = 0; j < num_cols; j++) {
                        tbody += '<td tabindex=' + j + '>';
                        tbody += 'Cell' + i + j;
                        tbody += '</td>'
                    }
                    tbody += '</tr>';
                }
                //document.getElementById('wrapper').innerHTML = theader + tbody + tfooter;
                $('.editableTable').append(tbody);
            });
        });
        $(".editableTable td").dblclick(function() {
            console.log('clicked');
            var OriginalContent = $(this).text();
            $(this).addClass("cellEditing");
            $(this).html("<select><option>1</option><option>2</option><option >3</option></select>");
            $(this).children().first().focus();
            $(this).bgColor = 'red';

            $(this).children().first().keypress(function(e) {
                if (e.which == 13) {
                    var newContent = OriginalContent;
                    $(this).parent().text(OriginalContent);
                    $(this).parent().removeClass("cellEditing");
                }
            });
            $(this).children().first().blur(function() {
                $(this).parent().text(OriginalContent);
                $(this).parent().removeClass("cellEditing");
            });
        });
        $(".editableTable td").bind('keydown', function(event) {
            if (event.keyCode === 9 || event.keyCode === 13) {
                var tabindex = $(this).attr('tabindex');
                tabindex++; //increment tabindex
                $('[tabindex=' + tabindex + ']').focus().dblclick();
                return false;
            }
        });

.editableTable {
            border: solid 0px;
            width: 100%;
            text-align: center
        }

        .editableTable td {
            border: solid 0.5px;
            border-color: lightblue;
            min-width: 100px;
        }

        .editableTable .cellEditing {
            padding: 0;
        }

        select {
            border: 0px;
            width: 100%;
        }

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<label>Rows: <input type="text" name="rows" id="rows"/></label><br />
    <label>Cols: <input type="text" name="cols" id="cols"/></label><br/>
    <input name="generate" type="button" value="Create Table!" id='createit' />
    <div id="wrapper">
        <table class="editableTable">
            <tbody></tbody>
        </table>
    </div>

Same thing i have done before but with a static table. JSFIDDLE https://jsfiddle.net/rbrohitbisht/691rx62k/

Now i want to do the same thing with the dynamic table. What i'm doing wrong here?

Answer 1

The operation should be moved into the createit handler definition.

 $(".editableTable td").dblclick(function() {...});

Just after the cells are created(of course after a click on Crete Table!).

Otherwise the selector $(".editableTable td") would not return anything before the dynamic table is in place.