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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Spoiler Revealer Using append()

abhi reddy
abhi reddy
1,636 Points
Posted by abhi reddy
abhi reddy
1,636 Points

Can you help me with these

//Prevent spoilerphobes from seeing spoilers //Solution: Hide spoilers and reveal them through user interaction

//1, Hide spoiler $(".spoiler span").hide(); //2, Add a button $(".spoiler").append("<button>'Reveal Spoiler!'</button>"); //3, When button pressed //3.1, Show spoiler //3.2, Get rid of button

js/app.js 
//Prevent spoilerphobes from seeing spoilers
//Solution: Hide spoilers and reveal them through user interaction

//1, Hide spoiler
$(".spoiler span").hide();
//2, Add a button
$(".spoiler").append("<button>'Reveal Spoiler!'</button>");
//3, When button pressed
  //3.1, Show spoiler
  //3.2, Get rid of button
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Star Wars Spoilers</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
    <img src="img/deathstar.png" />
    <p class="spoiler">
        <!--Spoiler:-->
        <span>Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's Father! Noooooooooooo!</span>
    </p>
    <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
    <script src="js/app.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Ella Ruokokoski
Ella Ruokokoski
20,881 Points
Ella Ruokokoski
Ella Ruokokoski
20,881 Points

First of all, your .append() method is a bit off, you need to remove the ' around the Reveal Spoiler! text so the code will look like this: 

$(".spoiler").append("<button>Reveal Spoiler!</button>");

the rest is pretty straightforward. You're just changing the method.

The methods used in these tasks are .hide(), .append(), .click(), .show() and .remove(). They are all explained in the videos so you should get there by watching them.

In the task about the .click() method you'll have to assign an anonymous function inside the parenthesis like this

$("button").click(function(){
});