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Peaches Stubbs
21,320 PointsI am doing something wrong with my lightbox. I need help, Please !
My lightbox seemed to be working fine until I get to Perform:Part 3. The images in the gallery go to their default settings. Which of course is not what I want.
This is my code: ```var $overlay = ('<div id="overlay"></div>'); var $image = $("<img>");
$overlay.append($image);
$("#statements").append($overlay);
//Overlay End
$("#imageGallery a").click(function(event){ event.preventDefault(); var imageLocation = $(this).attr("href"); $image.attr("src", imageLocation);
$overlay.show();
});
```
This is my CSS:
#overlay{
background: rgba(255,255,255,0.7);
width: 90%;
height:220px;
position:absolute;
display:none;
}
May someone look at my code and tell me what I am doing wrong please. I have watched the video several times but I am obviously still missing something. Thank you in advance.
Peaches Stubbs
21,320 Pointsvar $overlay = ('<div id="overlay"></div>');
var $image = $("<img>");
$overlay.append($image);
$("#statements").append($overlay);
$("#imageGallery a").click(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
var imageLocation = $(this).attr("href");
$image.attr("src", imageLocation);
$overlay.show();
});
```
Sorry I didn't display my code properly.
1 Answer
Karen Rulander
20,520 PointsI noticed you are appending the overlay to #statements. I am appending the overlay to body.
Peaches Stubbs
21,320 PointsYes the div that I am appending it to that it it'd id. I didn't append it to body because the gallery does not take up the entire page.
Karen Rulander
20,520 PointsKaren Rulander
20,520 PointsWhat do you have your var statements set to at the top of the app.js (around lines #4-5)? Mine are set as follows: var $overlay = $('<div id="overlay"></div>'); var $image = $("<img>");