coopting vbmenu for bbcode tooltip: problem with EDIT

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Hi,

In an effort to create an easy tooltip-like pull down, I made the following bbcode:

<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="{option}_menu" style="display:none">
            {param}
</div>

<span id="{option}">{option}
        <script type="text/javascript"> 
              vbmenu_register("{option}");  
        </script>
</span>

It seems to work, BUT if I 'EDIT' and then SAVE a post (in place), the updated text does not show the pull down and clicking on the text no longer activates the script. If I reload the page, it all works again.

Any ideas how to fix this to work with in-place editing?

Thanks for any input!