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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Drawing Application Perfect

Evan Gatchell
Evan Gatchell
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Posted by Evan Gatchell
Evan Gatchell
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Bug in Drawing App

Despite the red color being selected when the page loads, the color of the initial strokes are always black unless I click a color.

How do I fix?

1 Answer

Philip Enchin
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Philip Enchin
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Philip Enchin
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Philip Enchin
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 24,726 Points

I did it by simulating a click on that first color:

//Simulate a click on the preselected color
$('.controls li.selected').click();

It's worth noting here that the color variable doesn't need to be initialized anymore since it will be set inside your function that's triggered by the click:

var color = $('.selected').css('background-color');

becomes

var color;