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CSS jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Spoiler Revealer Using click()

irshad mulani
irshad mulani
989 Points

how to add empty anonymous function

To the click handler add empty anonymous function

js/app.js
//Prevent spoilerphobes from seeing spoilers
//Solution: Hide spoilers and reveal them through user interaction

//1, Hide spoiler
$(".spoiler span").hide();
//2, Add a button
$(".spoiler").append("<button>Reveal Spoiler!</button>");
//3, When button pressed
$("button").click(function(){

});
  //3.1, Show spoiler
  //3.2, Get rid of button
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Star Wars Spoilers</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
    <img src="img/deathstar.png" />
    <p class="spoiler">
        <!--Spoiler:-->
        <span>Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's Father! Noooooooooooo!</span>
    </p>
    <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
    <script src="js/app.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

You left out some curly brackets and parentheses, but you have the right idea.

Try:

$("button").click(function(){})

Remember, functions should contain open parentheses for parameters and open curly braces for the actual contents of the function. Other than that, you are doing fine.