link_to with :remote=>true works when bound to "click" but not "ajax:beforeSend"

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Hi. I am trying to do an ajax link in Rails 3.2.1 and jQuery. I am loading jquery.js and jquery_ujs.js. In my document ready, if I bind to the event "click," clicking the link fires an event, but if I click to ajax:beforeSend, it doesn't. Nothing happens when you click the link in JQuery. The event does go to the controller, though.

Works:

$(document).ready(function(){     $('.approve-item').bind("click", function(evt, xhr, settings){       alert('click');     })     });

Doesn't Work:

$(document).ready(function(){   $('.approve-item').bind("ajax:beforeSend", function(evt, xhr, settings){       alert('before send');     })     });

Any ideas on how to trouble shoot this? I've spent hours on this and can't find a good reason why this isn't working.

No errors in the Chrome console, for what it's worth.

Thanks for any help, Kevin

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$('approve-item').bind('ajax:before', function( etc...