I'm just getting into Javascript and I've run into the same problem a number of times with different pieces of code: I have a function that creates a type of element and a function that does something with that type of element. It seems obvious to me that I need to call the "do something" function after the element has been created, but when I do, it ends up running more times than I'd like.

Here's an example of my problem:

```
function rightClick(){
    $(".element").mousedown(function(e){
        switch (e.which){case 3: alert( $(this).attr("id") )};
    });
};

function doubleClick(){
    var counter = 0;
    $(document).dblclick(function(e){
        counter++;
        elementId = "element" + counter;
        $("#new_elements").append("<div class='element'"          +
                                   "id='"    + elementId + "'"   +
                                   "style='position:absolute;"   +
                                   "top:"    + e.pageY + ";"     +
                                   "left:"   + e.pageX + ";'>"   +
                                    elementId+ "</div>");
    rightClick();
});

```

In this example, if I create 4 elements and I right-click on the first one I created, I end up getting 4 alert boxes instead of one. If I right-click on the second element I created, I get three alerts; the third: 2 alerts; the fourth: one alert.

Can anyone explain to me why this is happening, and how to fix it so that I only get one alert each time I right-click on an element?