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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Password Confirmation Form Perform: Part 1

ron yahav
ron yahav
6,018 Points
Posted by ron yahav
ron yahav
6,018 Points

hints aren't showing

the hints aren't showing, am I missing something here?

//hide hints $("form span").hide();

//when event happenes on password input $("password").focus(function(){ //find out if password valid (>8 charechters) if($(this).val().length > 8) { //hide if valid $(this).next().hide(); // else show hint } else { $(this).next().show(); }

});

2 Answers

Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points
Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points

Do you have it all on one line like that in your actual code? If so the double forward slash comments everything out that comes after it. Notice how everything after the first pair of forward slashes is green - meaning it's seen as a comment:

//hide hints $("form span").hide();

if($(this).val().length > 8) { //hide if valid $(this).next().hide(); // else show hint } else { $(this).next().show(); }

Breaking it into separate lines should work:

//hide hints
$("form span").hide();

if ($(this).val().length > 8) {
    //hide if valid 
    $(this).next().hide(); 
// else show hint 
} else { 
    $(this).next().show();
}