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JavaScript

can anybody tell me where I am going wrong with appending the arrows to my interactive photo album

  var $arrow1 = $("<img src='icon/arrows.svg' ");

      var $arrow2 = $("<img src='icon/arrows-1.svg' ");

      var $para = $("<p></p>");

     var $image = $("<img>");

      var $overlay = $("<div id='overlay'></div>");





      //                 AdDiNg OvErLaY aNd iMaGe WiTh TeXt             //





      $overlay.append($image);

     $overlay.append($arrow1);

     $overlay.append($arrow2);

      $overlay.append($para);

     $("body").append($overlay);


     // iMaGe CliCk FuNcTiOn ShOwInG oVeRlAy            //


      $(".pic-nav li a").click( function(e) {

           e.preventDefault();

           var imageLoc = $(this).attr("href");



            $image.attr("src", imageLoc);


            $overlay.show();



             var captionTex = $(this).children("img").attr("alt");

             $para.text(captionTex);


            var left = $(this).attr(imageLoc);

              $arrow2.attr("src", imageLoc);
     });

         $image.click( function() {

             $overlay.hide(); 

         });

I am trying to append the arrows that lets u choose the next or previous image .. I am so unsure of how to do this .. even with Jon Duckett's book on Jquery. I would like to have some tips on how I can wrap my brain on how to do this .. I know a bit of what I am doing but just applying is a bit tricky.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

I didn't try running it, but at first glance, it looks like you forgot to close the img tags in $arrow1 and $arrow2

var $arrow1 = $("<img src='icon/arrows.svg'>");     // note: ">" added
var $arrow2 = $("<img src='icon/arrows-1.svg'>");   // note: ">" added