Dialog Click listener not triggering in IE8 or Firefox with jQuery

I have this click listener and for some reason it's not triggering in IE8 or Firefox:

console.log("listener attached");



jQuery(".ui-button-text").click(function() {



        console.log("this should have triggered");



        var ajaxUrl = '/ajax.php?popup=true';



        var dataString = "param="+param+"&param2="+param2;



        // contruct the ajax request

        jQuery.ajax({

            url: ajaxUrl, 

            dataType: 'json', 

            data: dataString, 

            beforeSend: function() {

                jQuery(".ui-button-text").html("Saving...");

            },

            complete: function() {

                jQuery(".ui-dialog-content").dialog("close");

            },

            success:function(response){



            } 

        });   



    });

So I can see the "listener attached" in the console, but I don't see the click trigger, this works in chrome, what am I doing wrong here?

Thanks!

UPDATE: I have tried using live("click", function()... instead but it's not triggering

UPDATE: So another Update, I should mention that the content of this dialog is acquired through a separate page. It's loaded with AJAX, this dynamically loaded content contains this click listener.

UPDATE: Here is the code that loads the content, please be aware I didn't actually write this piece of code, so I don't fully understand why its done the way it's done here:

<!-- START OF NEW WINDOW POPUP -->

        jQuery('.option_window').click(function(){

            var url = jQuery(this).attr('href');

            var title = jQuery(this).attr('title');

            jQuery('<div />').dialog(

            {

                autoOpen: false,

                width: 720,

                title: "Manage Code",

                modal: true,

                buttons:{ 

                    "Save and Return":function() {

                        var self = this;



                        var popupForm = jQuery("form.submit_on_close");

                        //if( jQuery("form.submit_on_close").attr('action') != '#' || jQuery("form.submit_on_close").attr('action') != '') {

                        if(popupForm.attr('action') != '#' || popupForm.attr('action') != '') {

                            jQuery.ajax({

                                  url: jQuery("form.submit_on_close").attr('action'),

                                  dataType: 'json',

                                  data: jQuery("form.submit_on_close").serialize(),

                                  success: function(data) {     

                                        data = eval(data);

                                        if(data.resp == "success") { 

                                            var obj = jQuery('#repl_activation_row');

                                            obj.unbind('mouseover');

                                            if( data.property_code > 0) {

                                                if( obj.hasClass('codeoff') ) {

                                                    obj.removeClass('codeoff').addClass('codeon');

                                                }

                                            } else {



                                                if( obj.hasClass('codeon') ) {

                                                    obj.removeClass('codeon').addClass('codeoff');

                                                }



                                            }

                                        }

                                        jQuery(self).dialog('close');

                                    }

                                });

                        }

                        else 

                            jQuery(self).dialog('close');

                    }

                },

                //title:title,

                open: function(event, ui){ 



                    jQuery(".ui-dialog").delay(600).queue(function(n) {

                        var topPos = jQuery(".ui-dialog").offset().top;

                        var finalPos = topPos - (jQuery(".ui-dialog").height() / 3);

                        jQuery(".ui-dialog").css("top", finalPos);

                    n();

                    });







                    var self = this; 

                    jQuery.getJSON(url, {}, function(data){ 

                        jQuery(self).html(data); 

                    });

                },

                close: function(event, ui){ jQuery(this).dialog( "destroy" ); jQuery(this).remove(); }

            }).dialog('open'); 

            return false;

        })

        <!-- END OF NEW WINDOW POPUP -->

And here is the link:

<a href="/popupmanager.php?code=3212&client=4432" class="actions option_window menulink">Manage</a>

Source: Tips4all