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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Drawing Application Perform: Part 3

Yijiao Wang
Yijiao Wang
1,793 Points
Posted by Yijiao Wang
Yijiao Wang
1,793 Points

Actual color doesn't show on but only rgb values e.g. rgb(179,0,0)

$('#addNewColor').click(function(){ var $newColor=$('#newColor').css('background-color'); $('.controls ul').append('<li>'+$newColor+'</li>'); });

That's the last part of my code and I don't know what's wrong with it. Also when I try to use $newColor.css() statement like the video did, it gives me error message that $newColor is not define or $newColor.css is not a function.

1 Answer

Bernadette Guevarra
Bernadette Guevarra
16,295 Points
Bernadette Guevarra
Bernadette Guevarra
16,295 Points

Since you used var $newColor=$('#newColor').css('background-color'); basically the variable returns an rgb value of the span element with an id of newColor. I think the code goes like this

$("#addNewColor").click(function() {
  var $newColor = $("<li></li>").css("background-color", $("#newColor").css("background-color"));
  $(".controls ul").append($newColor);
  $newColor.click();
});