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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Spoiler Revealer Perfect

Posted by Mayank Srivastava
Mayank Srivastava
1,989 Points

How is the button appearing exactly over the spoiler?

Please excuse the noob questions.

  1. How is the button appearing exactly over the spoiler? Is it because of the CSS styling? (Need to watch CSS tutorials after finishing up jQuery!)

  2. Why did we have to hide the text if the button appears over the spoiler? Couldn't we have simply made the button appear over the text and then removed it when the user clicked on it? (and retain the text in the background)

1 Answer

Jose Soto
Jose Soto
23,407 Points
Jose Soto
Jose Soto
23,407 Points

Yes, the button appears over the spoiler because of CSS Styling.

As for the toggling, you are right. You can leave the text there and just add the button on top. However, the point of the exercise is to practice using jQuery to toggle multiple elements. Real world circumstances may require this skill.