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

Eric Shomer
Eric Shomer
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Posted by Eric Shomer
Eric Shomer
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event handler?

I have been using the event handler .on('click', function() { //code}); for months now, then decided to go through this course, and apparently this is wrong? It wants me to use the shorthand .click?

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Brent Suggs
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Yes, the jQuery click() function is just an easier way to do and actually does the exact same thing. jQuery will use the .on('click', function(){...}); JavaScript function for you. I would suggest review the videos some more to get a better handle on what jQuery is and how it works. You were not wrong for using .on('click', function(){...}); because that is how Javascript handler works, but jQuery simplifies things for you.