Event Listeners don't register if the element isn't wrapped in x-data="{}"

[KonnorRogers]

I don't know if im holding it wrong and just missed it in the docs, but it seems like event listeners don't bind unless they are either wrapped by an element with x-data or if the element itself has x-data.

Codepen: https://codepen.io/paramagicdev/pen/NWVzGgr

[KonnorRogers]

Seems i am holding it wrong.

https://alpinejs.dev/directives/data

[ekwoka]

That's expected behavior.

[KonnorRogers]

@ekwoka yup, I realized that as I read through the docs more, which is why I closed this 🙈

[ekwoka]

Yup, just wanted to reply in case someone else ends up here, to see.