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JavaScript

Posted by Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points

<div>'s fade in but don't fade back out when the field is deselected ?

Hi everyone,

on the "Build an interactive website" course, I've followed along and must have made a little error i cant spot, the code below is supposed to have a div appear when the form field is selected to be filled in, then upon deselecting it should fade the div out:

html

        <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            $("#form span").hide();
            $("input, textarea").focus(function() {
                $(this).next().fadeIn("slow");
            });.blur(function(){
                $(this).next().fadeOut("slow");
            });.keyup(function(){
                //Check all required fields.
            });

            $("#email").keyup(function(){
                //Check for valid email.
            })
        </script>

All help is appreciated!

1 Answer

Robert Richey
PLUS
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points
Robert Richey
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points

Hi Craig,

When chaining functions, only use a period as the separator. Notice here, the semi-colons have been removed from chaining functions.

$("input, textarea").focus(function() {
  $(this).next().fadeIn("slow");
}).blur(function(){
  $(this).next().fadeOut("slow");
}).keyup(function(){
  //Check all required fields.
});