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JavaScript jQuery Basics Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal Events with jQuery

Posted by Lucas de Oliveira Neves
Lucas de Oliveira Neves
12,003 Points

Element does not hide();

I tested it with vanilla javascript and it works. =|

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h2>Student List</h2>

    <ul class="student-list">
        <li>James McAvoy</li>
        <li>Alena Holligan</li>
        <li>Wade Christensen</li>
        <li>Matt Krzyzynski</li>
    </ul>

    <script
    src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js 
$('.student-list').on('click', function(event) {
    event.target.hide();
});

2 Answers

deebird
deebird
7,558 Points

Simple mistake, I believe the below should solve your problem

$('.student-list').on('click', function(event) { $(event.target).hide(); });

Lucas de Oliveira Neves
Lucas de Oliveira Neves
12,003 Points

So close. =) Thanks.

Antti Lylander
Antti Lylander
9,686 Points
Antti Lylander
Antti Lylander
9,686 Points

Hi,

you are close. Just read the instructions very carefully. It literally tells you what you must do. I bolded the part you did not do.

Instructions for task 2:

Inside of your click handler, use jQuery to select event.target. Then call the hide() method on your selection. If your code >is correct, in preview mode the student names should disappear when clicked.

Lucas de Oliveira Neves
Lucas de Oliveira Neves
12,003 Points

Thanks! =)