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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX and APIs Adding jQuery

Aaron Munoz
Aaron Munoz
11,177 Points

How are the buttons fading in and out?

This part of the excercise we added some jquery to change the class on some buttons like this.

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('button').click(function(){
        $("button").removeClass("selected");
        $(this).addClass("selected");
    });
});

When you look at the preview, every time you click on a button it fades in nicely. I can't figure out how that's happening if we're simply changing it's class? Is this something jquery does in the background somehow?

In the main.css file, look at the rule for 'ul.filter-select button'.

This properties causing the fade are at the bottom:

-webkit-transition: 0.3s; -moz-transition: 0.3s; -o-transition: 0.3s; transition: 0.3s;

You can change the value to make the fade slower or faster. Hope that helps!

In the main.css file, look at the rule for 'ul.filter-select button'.

This properties causing the fade are at the bottom:

-webkit-transition: 0.3s; -moz-transition: 0.3s; -o-transition: 0.3s; transition: 0.3s;

You can change the value to make the fade slower or faster. Hope that helps!

1 Answer

Samy Basset
Samy Basset
11,862 Points

Check the style sheet, the class selected has styling on it. When you set the new class to the button it takes the new styling.