Owl carousel 2 cloned item click events not firing

Question

I'm currently using Owl Carousel 2.0.0-beta.2.4 in development to keep the carousel centered and loop the items which works nicely.

For some reason the cloned items that Owl generates when setting loop: true doesn't seem to fire on click. You will see in the example I've put together below that every other item alerts the click when fired but if the item has been cloned it doesn't seem to register the click event.

JSFiddle

HTML:

<div id="multiple-carousel" class="carousel-style owl-carousel">
    <div class="item">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/120x180">
    </div>
    <div class="item">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/270x180">
    </div>
    <div class="item">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/269x180">
    </div> 
    <div class="item">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/270x180">
    </div>
    <div class="item">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/120x180">
    </div>
    <div class="item">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/269x180">
    </div>
    <div class="item">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/120x180">
    </div>
    <div class="item">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/270x180">
    </div>
    <div class="item">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/269x180">
    </div>    
</div>  

CSS:

/* 
 *  Owl Carousel - Animate Plugin
 */
.owl-carousel .animated {
  -webkit-animation-duration: 1000ms;
  animation-duration: 1000ms;
  -webkit-animation-fill-mode: both;
  animation-fill-mode: both;
}
.owl-carousel .owl-animated-in {
  z-index: 0;
}
.owl-carousel .owl-animated-out {
  z-index: 1;
}
.owl-carousel .fadeOut {
  -webkit-animation-name: fadeOut;
  animation-name: fadeOut;
}

@-webkit-keyframes fadeOut {
  0% {
    opacity: 1;
  }

  100% {
    opacity: 0;
  }
}
@keyframes fadeOut {
  0% {
    opacity: 1;
  }

  100% {
    opacity: 0;
  }
}

/* 
 *  Owl Carousel - Auto Height Plugin
 */
.owl-height {
  -webkit-transition: height 500ms ease-in-out;
  -moz-transition: height 500ms ease-in-out;
  -ms-transition: height 500ms ease-in-out;
  -o-transition: height 500ms ease-in-out;
  transition: height 500ms ease-in-out;
}

/* 
 *  Core Owl Carousel CSS File
 */
.owl-carousel {
  display: none;
  width: 100%;
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
  /* position relative and z-index fix webkit rendering fonts issue */
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}
.owl-carousel .owl-stage {
  position: relative;
  -ms-touch-action: pan-Y;
}
.owl-carousel .owl-stage:after {
  content: ".";
  display: block;
  clear: both;
  visibility: hidden;
  line-height: 0;
  height: 0;
}
.owl-carousel .owl-stage-outer {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  /* fix for flashing background */
  -webkit-transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px);
}
.owl-carousel .owl-controls .owl-nav .owl-prev,
.owl-carousel .owl-controls .owl-nav .owl-next,
.owl-carousel .owl-controls .owl-dot {
  cursor: pointer;
  cursor: hand;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -khtml-user-select: none;
  -moz-user-select: none;
  -ms-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
}
.owl-carousel.owl-loaded {
  display: block;
}
.owl-carousel.owl-loading {
  opacity: 0;
  display: block;
}
.owl-carousel.owl-hidden {
  opacity: 0;
}
.owl-carousel .owl-refresh .owl-item {
  display: none;
}
.owl-carousel .owl-item {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 1px;
  float: left;
  -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
  -webkit-touch-callout: none;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -moz-user-select: none;
  -ms-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
}
.owl-carousel .owl-item img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  -webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
}
.owl-carousel.owl-text-select-on .owl-item {
  -webkit-user-select: auto;
  -moz-user-select: auto;
  -ms-user-select: auto;
  user-select: auto;
}
.owl-carousel .owl-grab {
  cursor: move;
  cursor: -webkit-grab;
  cursor: -o-grab;
  cursor: -ms-grab;
  cursor: grab;
}
.owl-carousel.owl-rtl {
  direction: rtl;
}
.owl-carousel.owl-rtl .owl-item {
  float: right;
}

/* No Js */
.no-js .owl-carousel {
  display: block;
}

/* 
 *  Owl Carousel - Lazy Load Plugin
 */
.owl-carousel .owl-item .owl-lazy {
  opacity: 0;
  -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease;
  -moz-transition: opacity 400ms ease;
  -ms-transition: opacity 400ms ease;
  -o-transition: opacity 400ms ease;
  transition: opacity 400ms ease;
}
.owl-carousel .owl-item img {
  transform-style: preserve-3d;
}

/* 
 *  Owl Carousel - Video Plugin
 */
.owl-carousel .owl-video-wrapper {
  position: relative;
  height: 100%;
  background: #000;
}
.owl-carousel .owl-video-play-icon {
  position: absolute;
  height: 80px;
  width: 80px;
  left: 50%;
  top: 50%;
  margin-left: -40px;
  margin-top: -40px;
  background: url("owl.video.play.png") no-repeat;
  cursor: pointer;
  z-index: 1;
  -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
  -webkit-transition: scale 100ms ease;
  -moz-transition: scale 100ms ease;
  -ms-transition: scale 100ms ease;
  -o-transition: scale 100ms ease;
  transition: scale 100ms ease;
}
.owl-carousel .owl-video-play-icon:hover {
  -webkit-transition: scale(1.3, 1.3);
  -moz-transition: scale(1.3, 1.3);
  -ms-transition: scale(1.3, 1.3);
  -o-transition: scale(1.3, 1.3);
  transition: scale(1.3, 1.3);
}
.owl-carousel .owl-video-playing .owl-video-tn,
.owl-carousel .owl-video-playing .owl-video-play-icon {
  display: none;
}
.owl-carousel .owl-video-tn {
  opacity: 0;
  height: 100%;
  background-position: center center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  -webkit-background-size: contain;
  -moz-background-size: contain;
  -o-background-size: contain;
  background-size: contain;
  -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease;
  -moz-transition: opacity 400ms ease;
  -ms-transition: opacity 400ms ease;
  -o-transition: opacity 400ms ease;
  transition: opacity 400ms ease;
}
.owl-carousel .owl-video-frame {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}

JavaScript:

//Owl carousel 2 plugin here

*trimmed due to length*

//My script here
$('#multiple-carousel').owlCarousel({
        center: true,
        items: 3,
        autoWidth: true,
        loop: true,
        margin: 20,
        mouseDrag: false,
        responsiveRefreshRate: 0,
        nav: true
});

$('#multiple-carousel .item').click(function () {
        alert("click");
}); 

This is bugging the life out of me, any suggestions?

Answer 1

Solution to this from Owl Carousel GitHub page:

https://github.com/smashingboxes/OwlCarousel2/issues/962

$('#multiple-carousel').on('click', '.item', function () {
    alert("click");
});

Answer 2

Binding the 'click' event to a carousel item's child instead of the item itself solved it for me.

<div class="owl-carousel">
    <div class="owl-item">
        <div onclick="alert(1)"></div>
    </div>
    ...