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Rob Bartlett
6,741 PointsHide Overlay Breaks Code
Everything is working just fine with the overlay popping up and breaking out the image with this:
// Problem: When clicking on image, user goes to dead end
// Solution: Create an overlay with the large image - Lightbox
var $overlay = $('<div id="overlay"></div>');
var $image = $("<img>");
// Add image to overlay
$overlay.append($image);
//Add overlay
$("body").append($overlay)
// 2 A caption
//Capture the click event on a link to image
$("#imageGallery a").click(function (event){
event.preventDefault();
var imageLocation = $(this).attr("href");
// Update overlay with the image linked in the link - image pops out
$image.attr("src", imageLocation);
// Show the overlay - background darkens
$overlay.show();
// Get child's alt atribute and set
});
But then, when I take the next step -- verbatim from the video... I think -- the overlay no longer works, and it opens the linked file.
// When overlay is clicked
$overlay.click(function(){
// Hide the overlay
$overlay.hide();
}
//
What. Gives.
2 Answers
Colin Marshall
32,861 PointsLooks like you're missing a right parenthesis and a semicolon at the end of your click method. See if this fixes it:
// When overlay is clicked
$overlay.click(function(){
// Hide the overlay
$overlay.hide();
});
//
Rob Bartlett
6,741 PointsI knew it was going to be something stupid like that. Thank you, good eye.