[jQuery] can't access any plugins from within function

[jQuery] can't access any plugins from within function


i'm in the midst of developing an application with many jquery
plugins, and i've just run into a bizarre problem. my app uses a lot
of ajax to populate different divs that i'm sorting using sortable.
anyhow, the issue is as follows.
on document ready, i go through each div on the page and ajax in the
content for it using .load().
$("div.widget")
    .each(function() {
        var w = this.id;
        var wid = $(this).attr("title");
        var h = $(this).attr("alt");
        $(this)
            .load(w+"/index.cfm",function(){
                var choices = {};
                $("##"+w+"_choices li").each(function(i) {
                                            var c = $(this).text();
                                            choices[i] = c;
                                        });
                makeMenubar(w,wid,choices);
                widgetInitCall(w);
            });
    });
once it arrives, i call another function to find a specific h1 in it
and add some buttons, one to close the div and one to access a menu.
    function makeMenubar(w,wid,c) {
        var menu = $("##"+w+"Header");
        menu.append("<a class='close' id='"+w+"_close'/>");
        menu.append("<div class='menubutton' id='"+w+"_menubutton'></div>");
        $("##"+w+"_menubutton").click(function(e) {var f = new
FileMenu(w,e.clientX,e.clientY,c);    });
        $("##"+w+"_close").click(function() {closeWidget(wid,w);});
    }
the problem i'm having is that if i attempt to use ANY PLUGIN AT ALL
in the anonymous functions bound to those clicks (or any functions
called by those functions), i get a "not a function" error in my
firebug console. i'm ultimately attempting to use ajaxForm() on a
form that gets ajaxed in, but in debugging it i found that even
something as simple as the following ends up erroring out.
    $("##"+w+"_menubutton").click(function(e) {
            alert($(this).outerHeight());
        });
all the plugins that i want to use are in the page and work fine if i
call them from somewhere higher up. can anyone offer any insight? i
couldn't find anything about losing access to all plugins at certain
point in the call stack. this is really throwing a kink in the middle
of my day. thanks a lot.
--adam