jQuery: Can't select just appended element

Use .find() http://api.jquery.com/find

var page = $('div#pages').find('div.page#test');

You just need to use live method:

$('.element').live('click', function(){
   alert($(this).html());
});

Had the same issue, found that if I added the listener before adding the div, it wouldn't find the div. Make sure to add the listener after making the object.