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JavaScript

Posted by Ryan Hellerud
Ryan Hellerud
3,635 Points

getting a box to move left and right javascript/jquery

guys im trying to get my box to move left or right but its popping an error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'right' of undefined.

obviously have trouble with the css properties, but what property would work?

Here's code:

$("document").ready(function() {

console.log("all good so far")
//set the click function to alert keycode

var box = $("#box");
var container = $("container")
var boxRight = 0;
var move = function(e){
alert(e.which);
var code = e.which;

    if(code == 39){
        boxRight+= 2;
        box.style.right = boxRight + "px";

    }
}

$(document).keydown(move);

});

1 Answer

Ryan Hellerud
Ryan Hellerud
3,635 Points
Ryan Hellerud
Ryan Hellerud
3,635 Points

Just realize i needed the var box = $("#box")[0];